"[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job."

-- Dean Acheson

#Jobs Quotes #Leader Quotes #Ego Quotes

“We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.180
“I’d take Bieber to the woodshed and spank him. His manager Scooter Braun is scared sh-tless. I don’t know what Bieber’s problem is. His career is over in three years anyway.”
“But now I'm getting that spiritual motivation to visit Africa.”
“Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.”
“Other times when I hear the wind blow I feel that just hearing the wind blow makes it worth being born.”
“I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.”
“Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1944). “Green Dolphin Street”
“The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.”

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