"What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason"

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Source : Robert Harris (2003). “Pompeii”, Vintage

Robert Harris

#Leadership Quotes #Decision Quotes #Choices Quotes

“I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.”
“It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.”
“There is a great correlation between music and images.”
“For in this walk, this voyage, it is yourself, the profound history of your 'self,' that now as always you encounter.”
“Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss. There is no paradise. Fight and laugh and feel bitter and feel bliss: and fight again. Fight, fight. That is life.”
“A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.”
“Give fools the first and women the last word.”
“Because of the gospel, God is doing a new work, and he invites us to participate in this innovative work that affects the entirety of our world.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com

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