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Quote by William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.”

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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, was an outstanding British judge whose influence on the legal field was profound. He was renowned for his fairness and wisdom. more

“I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change.”

“The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need.”

Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats

“Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.”

Men Wells Use Able Opportunity House Cities Wall Stones Canals

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