"Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get."

-- William Foege

#Thank You Quotes #Saving Quotes #Disease Quotes

“Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.”
“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”
“You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.”
“We're living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you'll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested.”
“We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.”
“Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.”
“Selling one's book to Hollywood is rather like selling someone your house. After it's sold, it isn't yours anymore. They can paint it a different color, tear it down and build something new, or do anything they want.”
“Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.”

Source : Henry Mintzberg (2013). “Simply Managing: What Managers Do — and Can Do Better”, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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