#nations

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#certain #every #marked #nations #others

The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#fiction #film #imaginations #intensely #large

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #being used #first #freedom #gulf

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#fought #map #maps #nations #poverty

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations. ↗

— Steve Allen

#except #exist #good #imaginations #many

God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself. ↗

— Norman Angell

#cannot #conquered #destroyed #except #god

There are two kinds of leaders, cowboys and Shepherds. Cowboys drive and Shepherds lead. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul #john-paul-warren #leadership #motivational #pastor-john-paul-warren

Leaders draw out ones individual greatness ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul-warren #leaders #leadership #sozo #voice-of-the-nations

Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two are not the same. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#discipleship #leadership #voice-of-the-nations #leadership

There are many countries but few nations. We are committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#democracy #leadership #leadership-development #nations #nigeria