David Livingstone
David Livingstone
David Livingstonewas a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of late–19th-century in Victorian Britain. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial and colonial expansion...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth19 March 1813
CityBlantyre, Scotland
If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.
I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?
God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.
It's been busier than ever I guess they were having a going-out-of-business sale.
It is working with clients and changing that perception. I don't mind if market commentators have that view. It's the view that clients have that matters.
I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.
I don't expect Albertson's to make any capital improvements in the division.
My gut feeling is they have no intention of operating supermarkets long-term. I think they want to preserve it the best they can while they're in the process of liquidating.
This is still pretty new and I haven't seen retailer results. But if it was a really successful program, more retailers would open them and the larger players would open a lot more.
Now it's a good time to leave the company, ... The stock price is up, and the company has spent all its money on acquisitions. Marshall has built a little house of cards that is about to fall.
I began to understand how we are built; we're built to be natural-born liars, ... Nature has fashioned us like nature has fashioned so many organisms.
It's pretty standard for a new CEO to clean house,
These people make some pretty high dollars, and they're usually 50 to 55 years old. It's not easy to get a new job paying that kind of money.