"Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#Leadership Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Character Quotes

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.”
“In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises...”
“In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some.”

Source : "Let’s Renew VAWA Today" by Carolyn Maloney, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2013.
“My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I was a kid that worked with children's jingle singing groups. I used to sing jingles as a kid.”
“But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.”
“Ronald Reagan had a vision of America...Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.”
“I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a way to repair myself from the damages I suffered early on and to define my obligation, if I had any, to myself and my species.”

Source : New York Times, July 2, 2004.
“I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to reward curiosity. In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.”

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