African saying

Do not look where you fall but where you slipped !


Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

We act as though comfort and luxurywere the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.


Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Nothing happens until something moves.


Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC)

One who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC)

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

When two of us follow different roads we must not make joint plans.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness!


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

Make fair agreements and stick to them!


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

Leading untrained people to war will be their undoing.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.


Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) - wisdom

If you think in terms of a year - plant a seed, if you think in terms of ten years - plant trees; if you think in terms of 100 years - teach the people!


Democritus (460 BC–370 BC)

It is better to think before acting, rather than afterwards.


Henry Mintzberg (1939)

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.


Jack Welch (1935)

Before you are a leader, success is all about you…  When you become a leader, success is all about growing others... Your success as a leader will come not from what you do but from the reflected glory of your team.


Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696)

…if we don’t have defects ourselves, we wouldn’t be so happy when we discover them in others!


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