Jackie Robinson quote on respect.

30 09 2006

I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me . . . All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Author: Jackie Robinson





Lao-Tzu quote on respect.

30 09 2006

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Author: Lao-Tzu





Chinese proverb on repsect.

30 09 2006

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.
Author: Chinese Proverb





Nathaniel Hawthorne quote on resolution.

30 09 2006

In truth there is no such thing in man’s nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne





Old Indian saying about certain things that catch your eye.

30 09 2006

Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart.

old indian saying





Bible quote from the Book of Matthew (Ch VII v. 7-8)

30 09 2006

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8].





Bible quote from Ecclesiastes (CH IX v. 10)

30 09 2006

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Topic: Action
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 10)





Franklin D. Roosevelt quote on leadership.

29 09 2006

A good leader can’t get too far ahead of his followers. Tacitus -Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt





Dwight D. Eisenhower quote on leadership.

29 09 2006

Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Manual on military leadership -Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower





Peter F. Drucker quote on leadership.

29 09 2006

Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Author: Peter F. Drucker