"I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that."

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Source : Interview with Tim Cheung, hk.asiatatler.com. September 10, 2012.

Warren G. Bennis

#Leadership Quotes #Art Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.”
“Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.”
“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”

Source : Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.91, Hachette UK
“The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.”

Source : "DJ Chelsea Leyland Talks Music and Fashion!". Interview with Laura Rosenfeld, www.seventeen.com. August 26, 2011.
“It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.”
“Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.”

Source : William Bridges (2004). “Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes”, p.164, Da Capo Press
“Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness of the individual is like a flame that burns through the night. It is not the same flame over time, yet neither is it another flame.”
“Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.”

Source : Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.189, Abrams

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