Toxic Leaders Quotes & Sayings

Quiet night, that brings
Best to the labourer, is the outlaw's day,
In which he rises early to do wrong,
And when his work is ended dares not sleep. — Philip Massinger

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice. — Radhanath Swami

No offense to the other people that we work with, but we spend 14-hour days with each other. You're dying for some sort of new rhythm to play with and another person to have fun with. It's like, "Oh, I can't wait to hang out with Zoe Lister Jones today and not deal with that Jake Johnson." — Max Greenfield

Culture is more important than vision. Some leaders have great vision, but have created a toxic culture where that vision will never happen. — Phil Cooke

This is a place where people make and are made. You are what you do. Choose wisely, young Picket. Choose wisely, brave Heather. Understand? — S.D. Smith

The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. — Andrew Carnegie

Traditional methods of sales prospecting are grossly inefficient. — Jill Konrath

Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? And the more grave or important things are ... You know, some comedians can get this disease where they get serious all the time. — Norm MacDonald

You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping. — Robert Bourassa

Arthur Devlin, you and my husband may have been in the same grade, but you were never in the same class. — Clare Vanderpool

You choose the leaders and place them strategically around the table of your vision and mission. They are already around you because of some degree of loyalty, so if you continue putting 80% effort in enhancing loyalty that already exists, you will end up going into overkill and igniting a toxic level of internal office politics that was not originally existent in your organisation. — Archibald Marwizi

I walk across the grass in the sunlight, into his arms. I am home. — Rowan Speedwell

You cannot catch a whale and a fish with the same bait. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Severe depression feels like being a wingless bird in a dark,closed box with no way out. Hopeless!! — Michelle Lawson

The key is if the economic data stays soft, maybe we don't have to worry much about interest rates anymore. Then we need to worry about earnings. What gave us a really strong move in stock prices from late May until about two weeks ago was this heightened optimism that maybe interest rates are at that high. That gave you a relief rally. Now reality is setting in - if we've seen the worst on interest rates then we've seen the best on earnings. — Douglas Cliggott