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“Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.”
Source : Steven Brust (1999). “The Book of Jhereg”, p.67, Penguin
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“No one enjoys feeling weak, whether it is emotionally, spiritually or physically. There is something within the human spirit that wants to resist the thought of weakness. Many times this is nothing more than our human pride at work. Just as weakness carries a great potential for strength, pride carries an equally great potential for defeat.”
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“The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.”
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“In the case of women, it is of the living and unpublished blood that the violent world has professed to be delicate and ashamed. See the curious history of the political rights of woman under the Revolution. On the scaffold she enjoyed an ungrudged share in the fortunes of party. Political life might be denied her, but that seems a trifle when you consider how generously she was permitted political death.”
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“The impact of organizational health goes far beyond the walls of a company, extending to customers and vendors, even to spouses and children. It sends people to work in the morning with clarity, hope, and anticipation and brings them home at night with a greater sense of accomplishment, contribution, and self-esteem. The impact of this is as important as it is impossible to measure.”
Source : Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.193, John Wiley & Sons
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“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.”
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“Our best today; better tomorrow,”
Source : Ben Bradlee (2017). “A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures”, p.482, Simon and Schuster
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“Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.”
