As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. read more
The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?
We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said read more
We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.
Men are only as loyal as their options.
Men are only as loyal as their options.
A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but read more
A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
