"As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. ... community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision."

-- Diane Dreher

#Wise Quotes #Team Quotes #People Quotes

“A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.”
“Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker. Today the CEO of Wal-Mart earns nine hundred times the wages of his average employee. Indeed, the wealth of the Wal-Mart founder's family in 2005 was estimated at about the same ($90 billion) as that of the bottom 40% of the US population: 120 million people.”

Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.16, Penguin
“Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.”
“The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children”
“Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.”
“We must be loyal to the forum of our government.”
“The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift toward a planetary civilization of enriched lives, human solidarity, and environmental sustainability is still possible.”
“Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking." Well, I've given the matter some serious thought." "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way." "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse." "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.”

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