#ip

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man. ↗

— B.F. Skinner

#leadership #suffrage #leadership

Your biggest enemy is the unknown and assumptions. ↗

— LTG Christianson

#management #planning #leadership

It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time. ↗

— William Billings

#best #best way #common #emphasis #first

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say 'We have done this ourselves. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#leadership

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. ↗

— Johann Heinrich Lambert

#bought #first #i #learn #order

It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her clothes, the topics she chose to talk about, her opinions - they were all the same as before. Their relationship was like a pendulum gradually grinding to a halt, and he felt out of synch. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#love #monotony #relationship #change

The thing about being in America is when you are driving with the sun on your back, there's hip hop. I never used to be into hip hop, but there's hip hop in the food, soul food, there's hip hop in the cars. ↗

— Vanessa Brown

#america #back #being #cars #driving

Life is a tragedy of nutrition ↗

— Arnold Ehret

#freedom #health #nutrition #wellness #freedom

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service. ↗

— Donald L. Carcieri

#innovation #island #public #public service #recipe

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#overcoming #leadership