“In the networking world, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.”
“It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant—first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served.”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are just rearranging their prejudices.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. It is going forward with the face of fear.”
“Within every man there is the reflection of a woman, and within every woman there is the reflection of a man. Within every man and woman there is also the reflection of an old man and an old woman, a little boy and a little girl.”
“No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy.”
“Psychologists tell us that money is a satisfier, not a motivator… Recognition is. That’s why we do what we do… Recognition is critical to self-esteem. Without it, we feel undervalued, even insignificant. Money is nice, sure. But once you establish a basis of monetary rewards, without the accompanying verbal and social affirmation, the employee will quickly become disgruntled and ask for more. Eventually, more will never be enough.”
“Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.”
“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We’re not inherently anything but human.”
