Churchill on genius
“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.”
~ Winston Churchill
Marcel Proust on personal growth
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust
William Channing on difficulties
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
-William Ellery Channing
John Wooden on Change
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
- John Wooden
John Wooden on how to judge yourself
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
- John Wooden
the benefits of a disability
If I wasn’t dyslexic, I probably wouldn’t have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily… and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
Bruce Jenner, as found in Mindset, pp 91.
Daily Leadership Quote
Good leaders develop through a never-ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience.
- Manual on military leadership
Henry Ford tells us who should be the leader
The question, ‘Who ought to be boss?’, is like asking, ‘Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?’ Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
- Henry Ford
Einstein on personal development
Try not to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value.
- Albert Einstein
Daily Leadership Quote for 10-16-07
“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
- Rene Descartes