Here i have collected some of the most inspirational quotes and stories that can define the way we think and act. I will continue to update this space with more inspirational quotes / anecdotes. Please feel free to comment / critically acclaim. Thank you.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Inspiration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> The Power of Human Spirit - Nando Parrado (http://www.parrado.com/videos.asp#powerofhumanspirit).
Quote :- "Real power comes not from the ability to control but from the ability to inspire."
>> Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Emil Frankl (A Holocaust Survivor)
Quote :- "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
>> "In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer (American social writer and philosopher.)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On LeaderShip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> "A good leader is not the person who does things right, but the person who finds the right things to do." — Anthony T. Dadovano
>> "Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine." — Lance Secretan, Industry Week, October 12, 1998
>> "Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning." --Warren G. Bennis
>> Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' -- that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." --Peter F. Drucker
>> If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams (The sixth President of the
>> Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it. - Donald Rumsfeld
>> Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere. - Ronald Reagan
>> The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt
>> No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. - Andrew Carnegie
>> Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. - Robert Half
>> Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S Patton
>> There is no need to trade off profit or performance for servant-leadership. We do not have to sacrifice bottom-line performance for a people-centered, caring, and sensitive leadership style that serves others. On the contrary, we can have it all. The more we focus on serving others, the more they will invent even better ways to enhance the bottom line. The one is the cause of the other—not a cost. ~ Lance Secretan
>> Higher Ground Leaders inspire us for one major reason: they love us. Higher Ground Leaders have a love affair with humanity; an intense affair of the heart, and this is what fuels their capacity for inspiring others. Inspiration can only come from love—it cannot come from any other place. Every Higher Ground Leader makes a soul connection with followers at a level that captivates us both—leader and follower. ~ Lance Secretan
>> We yearn to move from feeling tired to inspired. ~ Lance Secretan
>> Any leadership role, whether at home as parents, or at work as executives, is complicated by the fact that we are leading people who know more than ever before, and usually more than we do. ~ Lance Secretan
>> Being committed to serving others is a virtuous practice because it is nearly always a spiritual one, and the most profitable practice in the long run. ~ Lance Secretan
>> If we fail to see the beauty in each other, we fail to honor each other, and where there is no honor, there can be no inspiration. Seeing the beauty in others is to love them, and from love flows inspiration. Every person who is inspired is a person who is loved. ~ Lance Secretan
>> In addition to the great myth that successful leaders always devise brilliant strategies is the accompanying myth that they must execute them brilliantly as well. This confines the roles of strategy formulation and implementation to the leader. This often results in a stifling, sycophantic culture where the leader functions as Helios, the sun god, and all other moons must remain in its shadow. When egos dominate so forcefully, too big a shadow is created, and thus not enough light is permitted to shine in order that people may grow. ~ Lance Secretan
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Security~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. - Hellen Keller.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Success~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> "If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Differences~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Dealing with personal differences can always be challenging for the team. Learn to honour the differences !! Learn to appreciate the mix !! - From an IBM education Programme.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Friendship~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ~Robert Southey
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Glory~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Thetis:- If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Ungratefulness~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Calling~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Often, we confuse a Calling with a career or job. It is neither. Our Calling is the spiritual union of our passion with our essential, inherent talents, which results in a perfect alignment of spirit with function. ~ Lance Secretan
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Faith~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark - Rabindranath Tagore.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Believing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are. - Eric Butterworth.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~On Challenges~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are - Bernice Reagon
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