Rost Quotes & Sayings

Shall the railroads govern the country, or shall the people govern the railroads? Shall the interest of railroad kings be chieflyregarded, or shall the interest of the people be paramount? — Rutherford B. Hayes

Listening is seeking synchronicity with the speaker. — Michael Rost

Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes. — Joseph C. Rost

Leadership is the name that people use to make sense out of complex events and the outcomes of events they otherwise would not be able to explain. In other words, people attribute leadership to certain individuals who are called leaders because people want to believe that leaders cause things to happen rather than have to explain causality by understanding complex social forces or analyzing the dynamic interaction among people, events, and environment. — Joseph C. Rost

Listening is harvesting what is in the speaker's mind. — Michael Rost

Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad. — George Herbert

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world. — Samuel Rutherford

I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities. — Annie Leonard

Bad leadership is an oxymoron. — Joseph C. Rost

I'm just looking for projects I enjoy. — David Macaulay

I was a bit of a rebel. — Vidal Sassoon

In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community. — Joseph C. Rost

Those who automatically say that the social pathology of the ghetto is due to poverty discrimination and the like cannot explain why such pathology was far less prevalent in the 1950s, when poverty and discrimination were worse. But there were not nearly as many grievance mongers and race hustlers then. — Thomas Sowell

The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment. — Burton Cummings

And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. — Geraldine Brooks

Following the food from market to the kitchen made a huge difference. to this day, this is how I cook. — Annie Falk

Give it some gas, Six, damn,' Nine complains. 'Drive it like we stole it. — Pittacus Lore

Jobs was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it — Barack Obama

But the moment I saw you, I knew there was something more. There was something behind those big, beautiful brown eyes that I had to get to know, and, damn girl you've kept me in a trance ever since. — Magan Vernon

Listening is the process of creating meaning in the speaker. — Michael Rost