- “I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.”
- “Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.”
- “My advice: Just keep movin’ straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.”
George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
R.I.P. George
“We cannot be what we want to be by remaining what we are.”
– Max DePree, author of Leadership is an Art
(painting: Landscape with Merchants by Claude Lorrain)
“The West has always been the epicenter of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It’s to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon. We all keep moving toward the sun, wishing to get the last ray of hope before it sets.”
- Daniel-Day Lewis, Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe award-winning actor
“What you cannot enforce, do not command.”
- Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC) - Playwright, politician, general and priest
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”
- Bertie C. Forbes (May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954), founder of Forbes Magazine
“Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
- Santa Claus
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
“One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.”
- Alexander Chase, American journalist and editor (1926 - )
“The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.”
- Publius Syrus, Latin writer of maxims, 1st century BC
“Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.”
- Horace, Roman Poet (65 BC - 8 BC)
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
- Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)
The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
From Mountain Interval, 1920.
In an effort to increase the frequency of posts here at Leadership Training Skills, I’m starting a new regular segment where I post a quote from a famous leader (present or past) to help inspire and motivate us all in our day-to-day lives.
The first quote comes from one of my favorite political leaders in history…
“I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and this trial.”
“I was sure I should not fail.”
- Winston Churchill (written in his memoirs), regarding his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1940
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Among the resources we'll be providing:
- Profiles of leaders and managers in a variety of industries to see what methods they have used to succeed, and gain their insights to today's challenges in the workplace.
- Valuable training and communication resources for both companies and employers looking for that advantage that will separate them from the competition.
…and we'll have some fun along the way as well!
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