"Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people."

--

Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.66, Penguin

S.M. Stirling

#Leadership Quotes #Running Quotes #Mean Quotes

“In my work, I'm passionate about trying different things and being okay if I mess up. Now I'm trying to bring that into my own life.”
“Wal-Mart's success strategies and tactics are easy to understand yet hard to duplicate.”

Source : Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons
“You cannot be both fashionable and first-rate”
“We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way.”
“I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please".”
“I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It's nice out here, you know?”
“The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!”
“We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire...”

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