"To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination."

-- Mervyn King

#Honesty Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Journey Quotes

“An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.”
“I'm glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they're lying.”
“I'm rubber and you're glue," I told Satan, " and everything that bounces of me sticks to you.”
“Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.”
“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”
“Every minister worthy of the name has to walk the line between prophetic vision and spiritual sustenance, between telling people the comforting things they want to hear and challenging them with the difficult things they need to hear. In Oxford, Daddy began to feel as though all the members wanted him to do was to marry them and bury them and stay away from their souls.”

Source : Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.16, Broadway Books
“Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story.”
“I think buying a home is the best investment that any individual can make”

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