"The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches."

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Source : John HEider (2015). “The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age”, p.23, Green Dragon Books

John Heider

#Leadership Quotes #Long Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Autocratic leadership existed in Russia for many centuries, changing only its ideological colors and method of legitimization.”
“But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.”
“The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.”

Source : "Schieffer: More Than Just a Game" by Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. February 7, 2010.
“Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.”
“I'm in a privileged position and I'm going to do my utmost to use that privileged position on behalf of the U.K., its citizens, its businesses and people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Flourishing goes beyond happiness, or satisfaction with life. True, people who flourish are happy. But that's not the half of it. Beyond feeling good, they're also doing good-adding value to the world.”

Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.17, Harmony
“A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.”
“No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.”

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