Inspiring Quotes - Page 33

• Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Numbers, Empowering

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.96, Tara Publishing

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• War is not women's history.

  Virginia Woolf

  War, Empowering

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• You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Strong

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• Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves-to breakour own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today."Stewart B. Johnson"Men rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power.

  Germaine Greer

  Real, Men, Yesterday

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• Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.

  David Maister

  Successful, Visionaries, Professionalism

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• I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Brother, Moving, Grandmother

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.48, Macmillan

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• A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

  David Maister

  Running, Knowing, Bills

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• A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Warrior

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• The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time.

  David Maister

  Winning, Long, Doe

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• When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

  David Maister

  Proud, Professionalism, Impress

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• Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

  David Maister

  Integrity, Helping Others, Leader

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• Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Practice, Class

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Hard Work, Responsibility

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Moral Leadership, Peaceful

  Statement on the death of Vaclav Havel, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 18, 2011.

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• If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Children, Giving

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• Make friends with angels.

  Saint Augustine

  Angel

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• Character + Chance = Success

  N. R. Narayana Murthy

  Character, Chance

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• [...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big and then work hard to reach those dreams. Too often, our children spend hours playing Playstation without ever finding out how to build Playstation. They watch television but never wonder how it's put together. They surf web page after web page on the Internet, but are never taught how to design one.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Children, Hard Work

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• But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality.

  Barack Obama

  Mistake, Believe, Reality

  A More Perfect Union, delivered 18 March 2008, Philadelphia, PA

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• Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

  David Maister

  Leader, Succeed, Professionalism

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• The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old - is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Country, Mistake

  Barack Obama, (2008). “Change We Can Believe In”, p.237, Canongate Books

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• The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not. Our schools must begin instilling that wonder in our children again so that their generation will unite around the next great project of our time, whether it be declaring America energy independent or launching the next great technological revolution.

  Barack Obama

  Children, School, Independent

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• My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each other, globalization will bring both benefits and disruptions to our lives. But either way, it's here, and it's not going away.

  Barack Obama

  Advice, Going Away, Pieces

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• People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Girl, Believe, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Complaining, Asking, Way

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.15, Taylor Trade Publishing

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