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Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.”

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French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in the centre but they must not be the centre. To reinforce the common sense they must be a constant teacher, ever travelling, ever talking, ever listening, the chief missionary of the common cause.”

World May Whole Causes President Leadership Common Talking Leader Teacher Listening Constant Common Sense Chiefs Missionary Centre

Author:Charles Handy

“I believe that the mindset that allows you to spend your working life thanking and congratulating people rather than being unpleasant to them is the mainstay of good leadership.”

People Believe I Believe Leadership Mindset Good Leader Good Leadership Working Life

Book:Swimming Against the Stream: Creating Your Business and Making Your Life

Source: Swimming Against the Stream: Creating Your Business and Making Your Life

“The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.”

Leadership Tests

Book:The Power of Servant-leadership: Essays

Source: The Power of Servant-leadership: Essays

“Those who are to change significantly that which they freshly encounter must themselves be changed by the changing of it.”

Leadership Changed Encounters

Book:ABC of Action Learning

Source: ABC of Action Learning

“Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .”

Moving Law Leadership Tradition Bounds Crowds Setting Ships Settings Employee Pace Regulation Pointing Hierarchy Precedent

Book:THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG

Source: THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG

“A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.”

Men Whole Night Leadership Sleep Responsibility Ought Iliad

Author:Homer

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