The full list of this month's quotes are found on the Quotes Page in the Right Hand column.
*************************
AGE: The older one gets, the more one feels that the present
moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace. Marie Curie
DEPRESSION: Depression is the
inability to construct a future. Rollo May
DYING: The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying. Sir Thomas Browne
In particular, I liked these next quotes on EXCELLENCE.
EXCELLENCE: The rareness of excellence
should not be made into an excuse for the failure to recognize it. John Ciardi
EXCELLENCE: Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the
ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found
only in studying the exemplary.
Warren G. Bennis
EXCELLENCE: The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and
tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have
neither good plumbing nor good philosophy; neither its pipes nor its theories
will hold water. John W. Gardner
LOST: It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster
when we have lost our way. Rollo May (pictured to the right.)
POETRY: Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry,
without a certain unsoundness of mind. Thomas Macaulay
PRAYER: Whoever wrestles with God in prayer puts his whole life at stake. Jacques Ellul
SELF: The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur
very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can
occur so quietly. Soren
Kierkegaard
SELF: The self is not something ready-made” but something in
continuous formation through choice of action. John Dewey
Brian K Rice
Leadership ConneXtions International
www.lci.typepad.com
