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A daily selection of quotes from around the world.
Quote: Blaise Pascal
“Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.” – Blaise Pascal
Quote: Daisaku Ikeda
“A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.” – Daisaku Ikeda
Quote: Eric Hoffer
“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.” – Eric Hoffer
Quote: Astrid Alauda
“Don’t chain your worries to your body. The burden soon becomes heavy and your health will give too much of itself to pick up the extra load.” – Astrid Alauda
Quote: Ashleigh Brilliant
“The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
Quote: Charles H. Spurgeon
“Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.” – Charles H. Spurgeon
Quote: Goethe
“Habit is a man’s sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.” – Goethe
Quote: Deepak Chopra
“Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.” – Deepak Chopra
Quote: Dale Carnegie
“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” – Dale Carnegie
Quote: Bryant McGill
“Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.” – Bryant McGill
Quote: Blaise Pascal
“Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it.” – Blaise Pascal
Quote: Barack Obama
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” – Barack Obama
Quote: Aesop
“Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.” – Aesop
Quote: Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life and your behavior decides who stays in your life.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
Quote: Jack Welch
“When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” – Jack Welch
Quote: Elsie Lincoln Benedict
“If you keep thinking of the gap, instead of the bridge, you’ll never bridge the gap.” – Elsie Lincoln Benedict
Quote: Brigette Hyacinth
“Leadership is not about being the best, leadership is about making everyone else better.” – Brigette Hyacinth
Quote: Braque Talley
“If you accept the call to leadership, you must be willing to be able to be misunderstood, criticized, opposed, accused and even rejected.” – Braque Talley
Quote: Israelmore Ayivor
“You don’t lead people by what you say to them; you lead them by what they see you do. True leaders are self-leaders.” – Israelmore Ayivor