(Alfred North Whitehead)
Take part in politics or be taken apart by it.
(Alan Simpson)
High levels of competence and mastery in your field will you a feeling of unshakable self-confidence.
(Anonymous)
Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.
(Muhammad Yunus)
Backcountry trails, sometimes called ?single-track' or primitive trails, are generally unsurfaced natural routes that range from narrow tread ways to carefully planned and elaborately constructed (but natural-looking) thoroughfares. Attention to slopes and effective drainage is essential for the long-term stability of this type of trail.
(Roger Moore and Thomas Ross)
A leader is best when people barely know he exists not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done his aim fulfilled, they will say: 'We did it ourselves'.
(Lao Tse)
Men in combat want their leaders, above all else, to possess two basic qualities: courage and professional competence. If he has these two attributes, they will respect him and they will have confidence in him. They will follow him, and they will forgive him many shortcomings.
(GEN James Woolnough)
Walking companions, like heroes, are difficult to pluck out of the crowd of acquaintances. Good dispositions, ready wit, friendly conversation serve well enough by the fireside but they prove insufficient in the field. For there you need transcendentalists, nothing less. You need poets, sages, humorists and natural philosophers.
(Brooks Atkinson)