100 Jasper Quotes & Sayings

When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart,
that man is well-nigh hopeless. — Bob Jones, Sr.

You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about standards of performance, but you also have to be incredibly tenderhearted with the people you're working with. — Douglas Conant

Second place is the first loser. — Dennis Anderson

The stars give light to night sky. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never let the other fellow set the agenda. — James Baker

During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper. — Jim Pattison

Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make your move when they do not expect it. — Sun Tzu

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy. — Marina And The Diamonds

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. — Jessamyn West

The naturally lonely person does not look for comfort in love, but accepts the variables as due course. — Maya Angelou

Adversity is orientation for reward. — Matshona Dhliwayo

But he is now so accustomed to seeing that vertical strip of light when he opens his eyes in the morning that he has reached the absurd conclusion that without it he would be trapped forever in the shadows of sleep, in the darkness of his own body and the darkness of the world. — Jose Saramago

If you wish to fly to new heights, begin by setting your sights on a destination you can reach and then create a flight plan, a map, that will be your guide. — Debbie Ford

This much is all I ask of my accusers: when my sons grow up, avenge yourselves by causing them the same kind of grief that I caused you, if you think they care for money or anything else more than they care for virtue, or if they think they are somebody when they are nobody.
Reproach them as I reproach you, that they do not care for the right things and think they are worthy when they are not worthy of anything. If you do this, I shall have been justly treated by you, and my sons also.
Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one. — Plato

Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders. — Mo Ibrahim

During the depression, people fought each other for boxes of groceries and if you were lucky you might get a few shillings for fighting six rounds. When Jack Johnson was World Heavyweight Champ, back in the early 1900s, Hartlepool had a brilliant boxer called Jasper Carter. People today will never have heard of him, but almost 100 years ago he put Hartlepool on the fistic map. — Stephen Richards