“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
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“Empowerment means that people have the freedom to act. It also means that they are accountable for results.”
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
“O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.”
― The Confessions of St. Augustine
― The Confessions of St. Augustine
“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”
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“Those who run their races for the approval of others will be constantly running—never able to finally cross the finish line.”
― The Burden Bearer: Who’s Carrying Your Load?
― The Burden Bearer: Who’s Carrying Your Load?
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