Browsing Quotes With Tag: leadership (52)
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The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them. Thus they are able to reign over all the mountain streams. So the sage, wishing to be above men, putteth himself below them; wishing to be before them, he putteth himself behind them. Thus, though his place be above men, they do not feel his weight; though his place be before them, they do not count it an injury.
Speaker: Lao TszePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:46 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Men must be taught as if you taught them not
And things unknown proposed as things forgot.”Speaker: AnonymousPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:45 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.
Speaker: Dale CarnegiePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:40 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.
Speaker: Owen D. YoungPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:40 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
First, arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
Speaker: Harry A. OverstreetPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:38 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be ‘hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise,’ and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime – repeat them years after you have forgotten them.
Speaker: Dale CarnegiePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:37 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.
Speaker: Charles SchwabPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:35 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among the men the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a man as criticisms from his superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a man incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loathe to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.Speaker: Charles SchwabPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:33 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Pride breeds the Tyrant; swollen with ill-found booty,
From castled height Pride tumbles to the pit,
All footing lost…” ChorusSpeaker: SophoclesPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 8:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“King though you are, one right –
To answer – makes us equal; and I claim it.” TeiresiasSpeaker: SophoclesPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 8:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What we need is that the only men to get power should be men who do not love it, otherwise we shall have rivals’ quarrels.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:56 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is not Fortune’s business to make a state sound; that is a task for knowledge and deliberate choice.
Speaker: AristotlePosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:33 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!