"My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught me with such villainous success that I am now Prime Minister."

-- Robert Menzies

#Leadership Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Woods Quotes

“Music is so strong, so powerful, and such an amazing tool and bands that don't take that into account and feel that they are not responsible for their message is a bunch of baloney.”
“â€¦feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that weâ€™re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel weâ€™d rather collapse and back away. Theyâ€™re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where weâ€™re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, itâ€™s with us wherever we are.”
“A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.”
“We may legitimately see in the [Old Testament] event, or in the record of it, additional levels of significance in the light of the end of the story â€“ i.e. in the light of Christ”
“But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.”
“I'm quite lucky, because I've got a small, decorative concrete pig.”
“Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.”
“But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.”

You may also like:

Ben Chifley
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Bob Hawke
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Edmund Barton
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Gough Whitlam
Former Prime Minister of Australia
John Howard
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Fraser
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Malcolm Turnbull
Member of the Australian Parliament
Paul Keating
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister of Australia