#ip

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#alleviating #chance #christianity #difficult #instance

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. ↗

— Chester W. Nimitz

#because #costs #keep #much #paint

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. ↗

— Anais Nin

#arrive #born #each #friend #meeting

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship? ↗

— Anais Nin

#friendship #i #love #overlook #real

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings. ↗

— David Niven

#get #his #laugh #life #man

Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#clients #consulting #corporate #corporate world #every

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#earth #ends #even #follow #get

I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#applied #asked #boston #consulting #encouraged

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#ceo #certain #demands #different #exponentially

When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#because #cake #ceo #company #enormously