Unsourced variant: Leadership implies a strong faith or belief in something. It may be a cause, an institution, a political or business operation in which a man takes active direction by virtue of his faith and self-assurance. And, of course, leadership means a group, large or small, which is willing to entrust such authority to a man — or a woman — in judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.
Source: How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life (2004), Ch. 4 : Animated Leadership, p. 102
“A certain large collective wisdom resides in a crowd, as such; and men whose individual judgement is defective are excellent judges when grouped together.”
In numero ipso est quoddam magnum collatumque consilium, quibusque singulis iudicii parum, omnibus plurimum.
Pliny the Younger (61–113) Roman writer
Letter 17, 10.
Letters, Book VII
“A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will”
William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966) American philosopher
Source: The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912), Ch. XIV : The Need of an Absolute, p. 197.
Context: A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will--in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to get out of an old habit is a material advance upon the condition of submergence in that habit. The longest step toward cleanliness is made when one gains--nothing but dissatisfaction with dirt.
Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) austrian economist
Source: The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science (1962), Chapter 5: On Some Popular Errors Concerning the Scope and Method of Economics, § 10 : The Concept of a Perfect System of Government
Context: It is a double-edged makeshift to entrust an individual or a group of individuals with the authority to resort to violence. The enticement implied is too tempting for a human being. The men who are to protect the community against violent aggression easily turn into the most dangerous aggressors. They transgress their mandate. They misuse their power for the oppression of those whom they were expected to defend against oppression. The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.
Patton Oswalt (1969) stand-up comedian
On "Giantess erotica" written by men who have a fantasy of being crushed by large women, as quoted by James Warner in Periodicals of Yesteryear: the Last Issue of The Nose http://www.identitytheory.com/periodicals-of-yesteryear-the-last-issue-of-the-nose/, IdentityTheory.com, April 19, 2009
Geoffrey Blainey book All for Australia
Source: All for Australia (1984)
“Being in Love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.”
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
Daniel Goleman (1946) American psychologist & journalist
Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (2002) Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. p. xiii-xiv
Richard Boyatzis (1946) American business theorist
Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (2002) Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. p. xiii-xiv.
“Entrust your life to a person who can feel her heartbeat when you kiss her.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Affida la tua vita ad una persona che possa sentire il battito del suo cuore quando la baci.
Source: prevale.net
