What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
General Douglas MacArthur
The real leader has no need to lead--
he is content to point the way.
Henry Miller
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Lao Tzu
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice — keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Noah Porter
If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
He who has never learned to obey
cannot be a good commander.
Aristotle
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(from Christian Leadership World)
Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George Patton
(from Big Dog's Quotes)
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Proverbs 29:18
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Horace
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Henry W. Longfellow
I light my candle from their torches.
Robert Burton
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Woodrow Wilson
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Publius Syrus
A bold onset is half the battle.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Cornelius Nepos
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
James Thomas
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Edmund Spenser
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Solon
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Napoleon Bonaparte
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
H. H. Vreeland
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Ovid
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Seneca
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln
What you cannot enforce /
Do not command.
Sophocles
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Philip Armour
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. (Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.)
Latin Proverb
Let him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Thomas Carlyle
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
Po
Monday, June 7, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
A wonderfull thing
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.-- Judy Garland
Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It's too high!Come to the edge!And they came,and he pushed,and they flew. -- Christopher Logue
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.-- Erica Jong
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.-- James Allen
Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any. -- Danielle Fotopoulis
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.-- Reinhold Niebuhr
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.-- Stephen Grellet
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.-- Henry David Thoreau
It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference. -- Jenny Craig
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting......Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams master the lessons we have learned as we have moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up.... [At this point] Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.-- Paulo Coelho
Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can.-- Danny KayeLove grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.-- Elbert Hubbard
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.-- Calvin Coolidge
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.-- Marianne Williamson
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.-- James Allen
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gifted ability, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace from that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string that we have and this string is, Attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it. And so it is with you....We are in charge of our Attitudes. -- Charles Swindoll
The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.-- Helen Keller
Those who cherish a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in their hearts, will one day realize it. -- James Allen
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-- Mark Twain
Until one is committedThere is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,Always ineffectiveness.Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),There is one elementary truth,The ignorance of which kills countless ideasAnd splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself,Then Providence moves too.All sorts of things occur to help oneThat would never otherwise have occurred.A whole stream of events issues from the decisionRaising in one's favor all mannerOf unforeseen incidents and meetingsAnd material assistance,Which no man could have dreamtWould have come his way.I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." -- W.H. Murray, from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.-- Sam Keen
What a different story people would have to tell if they would adopt a definite purpose and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming purpose.-- Napoleon Hill, Laws of Success
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.-- Henry Ford
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. But you can decide how you're going to live now. -- Joan Baez
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.-- Eleanor Roosevelt
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.-- Barbara De Angelis
You were born an original. Don't die a copy.
Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It's too high!Come to the edge!And they came,and he pushed,and they flew. -- Christopher Logue
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.-- Erica Jong
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.-- James Allen
Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any. -- Danielle Fotopoulis
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.-- Reinhold Niebuhr
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.-- Stephen Grellet
If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.-- Henry David Thoreau
It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference. -- Jenny Craig
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting......Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams master the lessons we have learned as we have moved toward that dream. That's the point at which most people give up.... [At this point] Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.-- Paulo Coelho
Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can.-- Danny KayeLove grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.-- Elbert Hubbard
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.-- Calvin Coolidge
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.-- Marianne Williamson
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.-- James Allen
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gifted ability, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace from that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string that we have and this string is, Attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it. And so it is with you....We are in charge of our Attitudes. -- Charles Swindoll
The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.-- Helen Keller
Those who cherish a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in their hearts, will one day realize it. -- James Allen
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-- Mark Twain
Until one is committedThere is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,Always ineffectiveness.Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation),There is one elementary truth,The ignorance of which kills countless ideasAnd splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself,Then Providence moves too.All sorts of things occur to help oneThat would never otherwise have occurred.A whole stream of events issues from the decisionRaising in one's favor all mannerOf unforeseen incidents and meetingsAnd material assistance,Which no man could have dreamtWould have come his way.I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." -- W.H. Murray, from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.-- Sam Keen
What a different story people would have to tell if they would adopt a definite purpose and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming purpose.-- Napoleon Hill, Laws of Success
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.-- Henry Ford
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. But you can decide how you're going to live now. -- Joan Baez
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.-- Eleanor Roosevelt
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.-- Barbara De Angelis
You were born an original. Don't die a copy.
In some sense, it could be argued a category about Life is a vague, nebulous cop-out. Any poem ever penned by Man or Woman would surely gain ready admittance here. All poems, almost by definition, are about Life.
But don't, for a moment, think that makes this category any less important. On the contrary, if the poems and topics you are about to explore are about Life, then they are also about you.
No one person can ever experience all that life has to offer. It is only through sharing - experiences, feelings, insights - that we can hope to grow beyond our own meager lifetime. Are you ready to grow today?
Let the countdown begin.
#100
epoet
Standing At The Door
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: When soldiers die, the pain is only beginning.
#99
Brian Quinn
Hope
Poems on Life: Life can be cruel, and sometimes we're forced to abandon many things. Family. Love. Our future. But this heartfelt poem, written by a poet who knows, tells us there is one thing we must never give up ...
#98
Mindy Carpenter
Biscuits Of Love
Poems on Life - Family Poems: A family dynasty is always based on love. And, perhaps, on biscuits, too.
#97
Vincen Tabatha
Different
Poems on Life: Everyone is different. And everyone's the same. The sooner we learn that Truth, the sooner the world can become a better place.
#96
Lisa Teller
Fifteen Crosses
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Columbine brought many nightmares - and a very special dream.
#95
Elsa Nora
Just Being Me
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Homosexuality has existed since the dawn of recorded history. It shouldn't be a dirty word, and it shouldn't inspire hatred and fear.
#94
Kit McCallum
The Road Less Traveled
Poems on Life: Sometimes the most difficult choices are the very ones that can bring us the greatest rewards.
#93
Frank Greg
A Great-Grandpa To Me
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Poetry about our late grandparents is a wonderful way to keep their spirits living within us.
#92
Chase
Standing Alone
Poems on Life: Everybody is special, whether or not they believe it.
#91
Robson Grant
Door To Decision
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: If the Earth is our home, shouldn't we become better housekeepers?
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#90
Michael Anderson
Walking Alone
Poems on Life: Two poets, one famous and the other perhaps of equal talent though certainly of less reknown, take a hard look at a not uncommon human condition.
#89
Sandra Tolson
Children Are A Gift From God
Poems on Life - Family Poems: The title says it all. It's a beautiful sentiment, expressed by a talented and wise poet.
#88
Rose
Life's Choices
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Our society has some pretty screwed up priorities - and this is about one of the worst ones.
#87
Christopher
Into Every Life
Poems on Life: Into every life a little rain must fall. How we deal with that rain is what determines our future.
#86
Lovely
Respect
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: It seems so little to ask. And so important to give ...
#85
Wolfgirl
The Mask
Poems on Life: We all hide a piece of ourselves from the world. Some of us hide more than a small piece, and long for the day we can be set free.
#84
Jeanelle
Just Hold Me
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Loving someone doesn't always mean understanding them. But even when that's true, there is one answer that is never wrong.
#83
Kathleen Sheppard
Within Me
Poems on Life: All people value appreciation. But we want to be appreciated for who we are, and not just because we look good.
#82
Jeffrey Carter
Imprisoned By Guilt
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Drinking and driving - ingredients that too often lead to death and guilt.
#81
Michael Anderson
The Miracle
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Sometimes in losing a loved one we forget that life, itself, is a miracle. And, sometimes, we are reminded in rather miraculous ways.
#80
Marge Tindal
Columbine Crying
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: A very talented and insightful poet pays tribute to those who died and offers solace to those who survived.
#79
Ruwaida Van Doorsen
Most Beautiful Woman In The World
Poems on Life: What is that makes a person seem beautiful?
#78
Bobi
Endure
Poems on Life: When Life gets hard, you really only have two choices. And only one of those will work.
#77
Ghegi25
Stranger
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: As society encourages us to strive for the unattainable, we begin to realize we have become a reflection of that society. And in that reflection, we have lost our selves.
#76
Michael Mack
Tomorrow
Poems on Life - Attack on America Poems: From America Life has changed. It's up to us, each of us, whether those changes need be bad ones.
But don't, for a moment, think that makes this category any less important. On the contrary, if the poems and topics you are about to explore are about Life, then they are also about you.
No one person can ever experience all that life has to offer. It is only through sharing - experiences, feelings, insights - that we can hope to grow beyond our own meager lifetime. Are you ready to grow today?
Let the countdown begin.
#100
epoet
Standing At The Door
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: When soldiers die, the pain is only beginning.
#99
Brian Quinn
Hope
Poems on Life: Life can be cruel, and sometimes we're forced to abandon many things. Family. Love. Our future. But this heartfelt poem, written by a poet who knows, tells us there is one thing we must never give up ...
#98
Mindy Carpenter
Biscuits Of Love
Poems on Life - Family Poems: A family dynasty is always based on love. And, perhaps, on biscuits, too.
#97
Vincen Tabatha
Different
Poems on Life: Everyone is different. And everyone's the same. The sooner we learn that Truth, the sooner the world can become a better place.
#96
Lisa Teller
Fifteen Crosses
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Columbine brought many nightmares - and a very special dream.
#95
Elsa Nora
Just Being Me
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Homosexuality has existed since the dawn of recorded history. It shouldn't be a dirty word, and it shouldn't inspire hatred and fear.
#94
Kit McCallum
The Road Less Traveled
Poems on Life: Sometimes the most difficult choices are the very ones that can bring us the greatest rewards.
#93
Frank Greg
A Great-Grandpa To Me
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Poetry about our late grandparents is a wonderful way to keep their spirits living within us.
#92
Chase
Standing Alone
Poems on Life: Everybody is special, whether or not they believe it.
#91
Robson Grant
Door To Decision
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: If the Earth is our home, shouldn't we become better housekeepers?
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#90
Michael Anderson
Walking Alone
Poems on Life: Two poets, one famous and the other perhaps of equal talent though certainly of less reknown, take a hard look at a not uncommon human condition.
#89
Sandra Tolson
Children Are A Gift From God
Poems on Life - Family Poems: The title says it all. It's a beautiful sentiment, expressed by a talented and wise poet.
#88
Rose
Life's Choices
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Our society has some pretty screwed up priorities - and this is about one of the worst ones.
#87
Christopher
Into Every Life
Poems on Life: Into every life a little rain must fall. How we deal with that rain is what determines our future.
#86
Lovely
Respect
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: It seems so little to ask. And so important to give ...
#85
Wolfgirl
The Mask
Poems on Life: We all hide a piece of ourselves from the world. Some of us hide more than a small piece, and long for the day we can be set free.
#84
Jeanelle
Just Hold Me
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Loving someone doesn't always mean understanding them. But even when that's true, there is one answer that is never wrong.
#83
Kathleen Sheppard
Within Me
Poems on Life: All people value appreciation. But we want to be appreciated for who we are, and not just because we look good.
#82
Jeffrey Carter
Imprisoned By Guilt
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: Drinking and driving - ingredients that too often lead to death and guilt.
#81
Michael Anderson
The Miracle
Poems on Life - Family Poems: Sometimes in losing a loved one we forget that life, itself, is a miracle. And, sometimes, we are reminded in rather miraculous ways.
#80
Marge Tindal
Columbine Crying
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: A very talented and insightful poet pays tribute to those who died and offers solace to those who survived.
#79
Ruwaida Van Doorsen
Most Beautiful Woman In The World
Poems on Life: What is that makes a person seem beautiful?
#78
Bobi
Endure
Poems on Life: When Life gets hard, you really only have two choices. And only one of those will work.
#77
Ghegi25
Stranger
Poems on Life - Poems on Society: As society encourages us to strive for the unattainable, we begin to realize we have become a reflection of that society. And in that reflection, we have lost our selves.
#76
Michael Mack
Tomorrow
Poems on Life - Attack on America Poems: From America Life has changed. It's up to us, each of us, whether those changes need be bad ones.
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