"People know that pursuing a mission without achieving results is dispiriting; achieving results without a mission is meaningless."

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Source : Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.61, John Wiley & Sons

Frances Hesselbein

#People Quotes #Achieve Quotes #Results Quotes

“With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.”
“I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.”
“If my soul exists without my body I am convinced all my clothes will be loose-fitting”
“People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.”
“I made a mental note to watch which bottle became empty soonest, sometimes a more telling evaluation system than any other.”

Source : Gerald Asher (2012). “A Carafe of Red”, p.146, Univ of California Press
“For the multiculturist/diversity crowd, culture, ideas, customs, arts and skills are a matter of racial membership where one has no more control over his culture than his race. That's a racist idea, but it's politically correct racism. It says that one's convictions, character and values are not determined by personal judgment and choices but genetically determined. In other words, as yesteryear's racists held: race determines identity.”
“I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many ***** and so many virtuosi.”
“Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet.”

Source : "Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press". Speech in the House of Representatives, November 07, 1997.

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