"A vision without a strategy remains an illusion."

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Source : "Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership". Book by Lee Bolman and Terrence E. Deal, 1991.

Lee Bolman

#Monday Quotes #Morning Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.”
“When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 11, 2011
“In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.”
“Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.”
“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.”

Source : Anthony Horowitz (2013). “Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin”, p.187, Penguin
“The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.”
“We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”

Source : "Vladimir Putin says USA not so special". Interview with Ben Knight, www.abc.net.au. September 13, 2013.
“He pulled her back, off balance so that she fell against him, and he took her face in his two hands and held it very still while his eyes looked down into hers. Somber, truthful, painfully honest. "I love you, Chloe," he said. "Which is the most dangerous thing I could do.”

Source : Anne Stuart (2005). “Black Ice”, Mira Books

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