Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Jackson

People take liberties and one thing leads to another,

Saint Clair has kind of taken the lead on this." ()

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Babe Ruth

The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit.

Cesar Chavez

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Charles R. Swindoll

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Desiderius Erasmus

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Daniel H. Pink

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.

Daniel H. Pink

If you understand the independent worker, the self-employed professional, the freelancer, the e-lancer, the temp, you understand how work and business in the U.S. operate today.

Daniel H. Pink

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.

Daniel H. Pink

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.

Bobby Knight

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

Dennis Hastert

President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.

Arleigh Burke

The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible.

Chris Johnson

Each time, the team that's won had a quick start. We got the lead right away at our place, and, at their place, they got the lead right away.

We do not want to provoke a frontal confrontation between the students and the military because if that happens, the whole society loses because it would only lead to more anarchical violence.

Ed Belfour

You can never sit on a lead like in the past. There are a lot more power plays. Anything can happen.

Bill Watterson

You can lead people to the truth, but you can't make them understand it.

We wanted to do something different. You never see our lead characters.

John Ortberg

We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries.

Ryan Gosling

There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work.

To me, it would only lead to more serious injuries.

Terry Hoeppner

We are going to have 200 motorcycles leading us down (Indiana) 37. They are going to be leading us back into Bloomington.

We had our opportunities. We had the lead and they got back into the game.

We got a little too comfortable with our lead in the second half.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory.

Jane Blalock

You have to have so much lead time to go out and market. What-ever we do we want to do really well. It was just too late.

Todd Tiahrt

We all know we must lead by example.

Up to that point, our punt team had done very well. Two weeks earlier, I was leading the NFC in punting, and I thought I was punting well, but they thought that they needed to do something to shake things up.

We have a considerable lead over our competitors in the 45-nanometer generation.

This was disappointing. We took the lead and then made some silly mistakes, but the second time we play there will be a big difference.

Those were big mistakes by us. We had a two-point lead with the ball. We just couldn't get it done when we had the chances.