“We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what it achieves has an immense and exceptional value, like the widow's mite. It is a deliberate and discerning love of a nation that appeals to me, not the indiscriminate love that assumes everything to be right because it bears a national label. Love of one's own nation should not entail non-love of other nations. Institutions by themselves are not enough.” WorldShouldMeanEnoughValuesNationsAchieveBearsInstitutionsAssumingAccomplishLabelsAppealsMinoritiesPatriotismImmenseExceptionalDeliberateWidowsDiscerningSmall Nations Author:Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
“With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which it strives toward but has not yet won. With you it is otherwise. The mind follows the body in pursuit of the soul you have been told you already have. Because you cannot find it, you assume you have lost it somewhere in your past, and this keeps you from achieving it in your future.” MindHas BeensSoulBodyPastLostAchieveExpectationsAssumingStrivePursuitOur FutureOur PastStrifeYour FutureYour PastAccord Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.” PeopleHelpingPurposeCommunityCommonResponsibilityAchieveAssumingInitiativeConsensusCommon Good Author:Joseph C. Rost
“Assume responsibility for outcomes as well as for the processes and people you work with. How you achieve results will shape the kind of person you become.” PeopleWellsKindPersonsProcessLeadershipResultsResponsibilityAchieveShapesAssumingOutcomes Author:C. K. Prahalad
“Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.” EnoughHappensPowerfulAchieveAmbitionAssumingIntentionMake It Happen Author:Gloria Feldt
“We`re not going to have a backlash. We`re going to build a consensus. And I live in the real world, not the kind of fantasy goals that we would all like, but we would never achieve if we go about it in the blunderbuss fashion that your question would assume.” IfsWorldKindRealGoalFantasyAchieveFashionAssumingReal WorldConsensusBacklash Author:Jerry Brown
“We can't continue assuming that politics is something which is decided elsewhere by distant leaders in a distant capital. Protest is insufficient too. If people who are willing to put time into demonstrations also prove willing to work on behalf of candidates in local elections - or to become candidates themselves - they will achieve far more. If all of this upheaval provokes more involvement, then we have a slim chance of ending up with more vibrant democracies eventually. The alternative, as you've hinted, is that democracy fails altogether.” PeopleIfsChanceLeaderDemocracyFailingAchieveWillingProveDecidedElectionAssumingLocalsAlternativesCandidatesProtestElsewhereProvokingBehalfInvolvementDemonstrationInsufficientSlimUpheaval Author:Anne Applebaum
“I think it is difficult to achieve a meaningful political coalition if you have race-based programs that divide members of the coalition. The problem I have, however, is that white people assume an either/or position: Either we have race-based programs or we don't. What I see is comprehensive social reform that includes race-based and race-neutral programs.” PeopleThinkingProblemPoliticalDifficultAchieveProgramAssumingMeaningful Author:William Julius Wilson