Inspiring Quotes - Page 37

• I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Mistake, Believe, Thinking

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• Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Games, Iron, Giving

  Said at a rally in 1980. "Singapore's Founding Father Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91", www.bbc.com. March 23, 2015.

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• I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Men, Leader, Results

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.54, Editions Didier Millet

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• I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Worst Enemy, Mind, Speak

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.157, Editions Didier Millet

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• Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you add to your storage capacity. So your computer never hangs because you got enormous storage capacity.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Add, Analogies, Talent

  The Straits Times, April 22, 2007.

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• If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  People, Leader, Force

  "Success Stories Lee Kuan Yew". DVD, documentary, 2002.

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• I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Citizens, Done, Today

  The Straits Times, April 20, 1987.

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• Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Integrity, Government, Media

  Address To The General Assembly Of The International Press Institute At Helsinki Wednesday, June 9, 1971.

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• I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way.

  Bruce Lee

  Believe, Mean, Fighting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

  Ken Blanchard

  Leadership, Thinking, Development

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• Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Eight, Play

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Matter, Results

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• Ultimately our claim to know the one God only gains credence in the contemporary world as he demonstrates the divine presence through the way we live- through our lives as we connect our Christian belief with true Christian living.

  Stanley J. Grenz

  Leadership, Christian, World

  Stanley J. Grenz, Jay T. Smith (2015). “Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living”, p.33, Baker Academic

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• In many situations involving service recovery - the problem itself became the catalyst for the creation of even greater trust as the companies took the issues head-on and worked through the difficult problem in a way that restored confidence.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Recovery, Issues

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• Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.

  Bell Hooks

  Live Life, Justice, Feminist

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics”, p.118, Routledge

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• I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack. ... Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing "Go"?

  Molly Ivins

  Mean, College, Thinking

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• If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination.

  Mary Daly

  Long, Imagination, Males

  Mary Daly (2015). “Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation”, p.40, Beacon Press

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• When in doubt take a bath

  Mae West

  Doubt, Baths, When In Doubt

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• We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

  Michelle Obama

  Responsibility, Feminism, Legacy

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• If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Giving, Feminism, Would Be

  "Ginsburg talks gay marriage". www.politico.com. September 16, 2014.

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• In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Men, Feminism, World

  "Malala Yousafzai’s Toughest Battle?" by Maria Rioumine and Adnan Rafiq, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2013.

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• Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Airplane, Buying

  Comment to reporters during the IBM PC launch, 1981.

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• The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

  Laozi

  Wise, Philosophy, Example

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• God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Heart, Giving, Desire

  Elisabeth Elliot (1988). “Loneliness: it can be a wilderness, it can be a pathway to God”, Oliver-Nelson Books

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• It is a far greater thing that I do now, than I've ever done before.

  Cassandra Clare

  Done, Greater Things, Greater

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