"We often tend to think that the executive wishes to maintain standard, wishes to reach a certain quality of production, and that the worker has to be goaded in some way to do this. Again and again we forget that the worker is often, usually I think, equally interested, that his greatest pleasure in his work comes from the satisfaction of worthwhile accomplishment, of having done the best of which he was capable."

-- Mary Parker Follett

#Leadership Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes

“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
“Our desire is to grow so quiet and to work so deeply that we participate fully in the mystery in which we're embedded. When we manage to do that we feel as if we have merged with the universe; for the duration of that experience we feel immortal.”

Source : Eric Maisel (2000). “The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance”, p.183, Penguin
“From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.”
“Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficient) are the names of the same God. Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him. Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names. Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.”
“The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.”
“There is something incredibly arousing about being wanted. I pulled my hand back and sucked in a deep breath. â€œAdam,â€ I said.”
“Beauty Is in the Eyes of the Beholder!”

Source : Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (2011). “Faith and Unfaith, a Novel”
“Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.”

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