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“The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have done when not inspired.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Big dreams are marathons. Passionate actions are marathons of marathons! Waiters don't deserve it; Quitters don't get it!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“He felt the inability to grieve as a terrible flaw.”
― Frank Herbert

“On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it--that disgusts me”
― C.S. Lewis

“Leadership is an art expressed by the demonstration of characters worthy of immitation, emulation and inspiration. It is neither a title nor a postion.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“True conversion will involve the mind, the affection, and the will. There have been thousands of people who have been intellectually converted to Christ . . .but they have never been really converted to Him.”
― Billy Graham

“Going in the company of negative people is just like having thick muddy soil underfoot... They will only draw you back if you don't tear them off! Move out of your current disposal with the intention of getting to your true destination!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Love until it hurts.”
― Mother Teresa

“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative:”
― Frank Herbert

“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Mother Teresa

“The most important stuff I’ve learned I think I’ve learned from novels. It has to do with empathy. It has to do with being comfortable with the notion that the world is complicated and full of grays, but there’s still truth there to be found, and that you have to strive for that and work for that. And the notion that it’s possible to connect with some[one] else even though they’re very different from you.”
― Barack Obama

“When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?”
― Albert Einstein

“It was another of the essential ingredients that she felt her son needed: people with a goal. Such people would be easy to imbue with fervor and fanaticism. They could be wielded like a sword to win back Paul’s place for him.”
― Frank Herbert

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