Quotes

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“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul, then the way it treats its children.”

— Nelson Mandela

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

— Mark McCormack, Author and sports entrepreneur

“It is what we make of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”

— Nelson Mandela

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

— Muriel Strode (a similar quote exists by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“I cannot condone the systematic destruction of the hope and spirit of people who have suffered hardship and pain to reach our shores. They are people who believe that they have been or are at risk of being persecuted in their own country.”

— Former Australian of the Year and one-time refugee John Yu Dr Yu, Chancellor of the University of NSW and a renowned pediatrician, was himself smuggled out of China as a three-year-old shortly before it fell to Japanese forces in World War II.

“This capacity to shape a vision of what can be achieved, and to share the vision with others so that it becomes their own, is one of the most important elements of leadership.”

— Professor David Pennington, Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1988-1995

“Sometimes the poorest woman leaves her children the richest inheritance.”

— Ruth E. Renkel

“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”

— Alvin Toffler

“… three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.”

— Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia 1982-1989

“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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