Ideas shape the course of history  – John Maynard Keynes All great ideas are controversial, or have been at one time  – George Seldes There is only one way in which a person acquires a new idea: by the combination or association of two or more ideas he already has into a new juxtaposition in…

Discipline reminds the body that it is the servant of the mind A leader’s first calling is to grow Leadership is all about maturity Followers want to change only when they aren’t happy and usually when it doesn’t require much risk or sacrifice on their part Care: the fruit of an honest community A leader…

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit."  – Elbert Hubbard "Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you."  – Joey Adams "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."  – Alexander Pope "I have great faith in fools; self-confidence…

Since many of you have so graciously been contributing your favorite quotes to this blog, I thought it might be enjoyable to post a link to a short video montage of great quotes from great leaders.  I don’t have any information on the authors or the background of the new book from which these are…

"If newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own."  – James Fenimore Cooper "Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones Dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."  – G. K. Chesterton "Along with responsible newspapers we must have responsible readers."  – Arthur Hays Sulzberger…

"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."  – Channing Pollock "To escape criticism – do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."  – Elbert Hubbard "A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them."  -Richard Le Gallienne "Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship."  – Zeuxis…

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists.  Not so good when people obey and acclaim him; worse when they despise him."  – Lao Tsu

If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people in the world. "Tain’t what a man don’t know that hurts him; it’s what he knows that just ain’t so."  – Frank McKinney Hubbard An ignorant person is one who doesn’t know what you have just found out. "I would rather have my ignorance than…

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lied.  She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again – and that is well; but also she will never sit…

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."  – William Jennings Bryant "There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone.  All that we send into the lives of others…