#tie

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#born #certain #charismatic #dangerous #either

Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#bankrupt #banks #commercial #go #investment

To the victor belong the responsibilities. ↗

— Al Bernstein

#responsibilities #victor

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#anything #does #duties #longer #modern

Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

#civil rights #create #does #everybody #get

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

#leave #march #modern #morality #proportion

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#everything #follows #greatest #greatest pleasures #pleasures

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#body #burden #down #dragged #drags

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. ↗

— Joe Biden

#achilles heel #civil #civil liberties #heel #liberals

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities. ↗

— John Bolton

#create #hostilities #i #looking #running