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“That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Category: leadership
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There is none made so great, but

Posted on July 13, 2012July 13, 2007 by admin

“There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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For time and the world do not

Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2011 by admin

“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”

— John F. Kennedy

Author: John F. Kennedy
Category: future
Tags: future, John F. Kennedy

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If the people cannot trust their government

Posted on March 26, 2016March 26, 2011 by admin

“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”

— Barack Obama

Author: Barack Obama
Category: trust
Tags: trust, Barack Obama

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The functions of the family in a

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2008 by admin

“The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.”

— Talcott Parsons

Author: Talcott Parsons
Category: society
Tags: society, Talcott Parsons

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Marriage is overdone. As long as there

Posted on March 8, 2011March 8, 2006 by admin

“Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.”

— Augusten Burroughs

Author: Augusten Burroughs
Category: marriage
Tags: marriage, Augusten Burroughs

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All successful people men and women are

Posted on December 14, 2013December 14, 2008 by admin

“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”

— Brian Tracy

Author: Brian Tracy
Category: respect
Tags: respect, Brian Tracy

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The travel writer seeks the world we

Posted on April 24, 2011April 24, 2006 by admin

“The travel writer seeks the world we have lost – the lost valleys of the imagination.”

— Alexander Cockburn

Author: Alexander Cockburn
Category: imagination
Tags: imagination, Alexander Cockburn

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People commonly travel the world over to

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2012 by admin

“People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: travel
Tags: travel, Soren Kierkegaard

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