#nspirational

Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#inspirational #leadership #inspirational

Macromanage, Not Micromanage ↗

— Miles Anthony Smith

#leadership #quotes-to-live-by #sacrifice #servant-leader #inspirational

The best lessons learned are from other peoples mistakes. ↗

— Melissa Bradley

#inspirational-success-failure #wisdom #inspirational

philosophers have noted that people who habitually deceive finally fall for their own deceptions. This is the well-known phenomenon that confidence artists appeal to the willingness of their victims to deceive both themselves and others in one and the same act: The victims are encouraged to deceive themselves into thinking that they deceive only others while ignoring their own greed and the immorality of the way they choose to satisfy it. To this Russell added that the same holds true for all self -deception: ↗

— Joseph Agassi

#inspirational

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ ↗

— Leonidas

#inspirational

he who works wth hs hands is a labourer, he who works wth hs hands and mind is a craftsman and he who works wth hs hands, mind and heart is an artist ↗

— St. Fransisco

#inspirational

A leader is a person who is willing to stand in their truth take risks and be willing to fall on their face and get back up because of what they believe in. ↗

— Patricia Walden

#inspirational

Women are not second-class citizens in the kingdom of God, You are 50% of the worlds population, and the mothers of the other 50%. No one can dismiss you lightly. ↗

— Gordon Hinckley

#inspirational

Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, through the ecstasy of crowds. Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but at least, in America, almost never against the crowds. ↗

— Eugene H. Peterson

#inspirational

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself. ↗

— Jessica Swan

#inspirational