Architecting Leaders Quotes & Sayings

The man himself was pitiably inferior in mentality and language alike; but his glowing, titanic visions, though described in a barbarous disjointed jargon, were assuredly things which only a superior or even exceptional brain could conceive. — H.P. Lovecraft

One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another. — Takuan Soho

The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is. — Virginia Satir

They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them ... you show them the reasons. — Vince Lombardi

Hypocrites always wanna play innocent — Lauryn Hill

The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived. — Jacques Derrida

Anxiety is there. It is only sleeping. Its breath quivers perpetually through Dasein, only slightly in those who are jittery, imperceptibly in the 'Oh, yes' and the 'Oh, no' of men of affairs; but most readily in the reserved, and most assuredly in those who are basically daring. But those daring ones sustained by that on which they expend themselves - in order thus to preserve the ultimate grandeur of existence. — Martin Heidegger

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war. — Terry Pratchett

Call it precious and go to hell, but I believe a story can be wrecked by a faulty rhythm in a sentence - especially if it occurs toward the end - or a mistake in paragraphing, even punctuation. Henry James is the maestro of the semicolon. Hemingway is a first-rate paragrapher. From the point of view of ear, Virginia Woolf never wrote a bad sentence. I don't mean to imply that I successfully practice what I preach. I try, that's all. — Truman Capote

chefs, the Guatemalans, sometimes — Jonathan Kellerman

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while. — Margaret Murray

I give strong advice, but I don't expect it to be followed. — Baba Kalyani

It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car. — Rick McCallum

Every generation likes to think that children don't read as much as they used to when they were young! You listen to some adults saying they were going around reading 'Ulysses' when they were seven or eight! I think children are voracious readers if you give them the right books and if you make those books accessible to them. — Darren Shan