Quotes
Authors
Ronald A. Heifetz

"Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion."

Source : Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky (2013). “Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading”, p.119, Harvard Business Press

Ronald A. Heifetz

#Giving Up Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.”

Source : "Debt Ceiling? What Debt Ceiling?" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2011.
“I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't.”
“Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.”
“Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for goldâ€”where we trip is where the treasure lies.”

Source : Calvin Miller (2011). “Letters to a Young Pastor”, p.12, David C Cook
“Because dead people are just like you and me, they still want things. They look at us all the time, and they miss being alive. We have taste and color and smell and feelings, and they donâ€™t have any of those things. They stare at us, they donâ€™t miss anything. They really see whatâ€™s going on, and we hardly ever really see that. Weâ€™re too busy thinking about things and getting everything wrong, so we miss ninety percent of whatâ€™s happening.”
“Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.”
“My partner, Jeff Ullrich, and I always thought Earwolf was going to be big. There were a couple of studies before we launched saying podcasts were going to really grow. But I remember so many conversations at the beginning where people would say, 'How are you going to make money with this?'”
“The rise of the anti-hero can be traced to a litany of social reasons. Post World War I, for instance, saw the blooming of some pretty dark stuff - I'm thinking of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, for instance, when "The Continental Op" shows up in Poisonville to clean up the town...and proceeds to kill something like thirty people.”

"Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to save yourself, you can give up too many of those qualities that are the essence of being alive, like innocence, curiosity, and compassion."

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