"I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking."

-- John Wooden

#Believe Quotes #Talking Quotes #Organization Quotes

“If we can cultivate in the world the idea that aggressive war-making is the way to the prisoner's dock rather than the way to honors, we will have accomplished something toward making the peace more secure.”
“It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alexander McCall Smith from Oct 19, 2011
“And here it will end, one way or the other," she whispered again”
“Perhaps fate isn't blind after all. Perhaps it's capable of fantasy, even compassion.”
“There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.”
“I see all the red carpet paparazzi stuff and I'm like, 'Really? Do I have to?!' I like to work and I know that's part of the job. But you kind of take it in stride.”
“My brother got a .22 for his 12th birthday; I got a .22. He got a hunting knife; I got a hunting knife.”
“It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism.”

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