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“The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.”

Government Nations Moral Failing Roots Misfortunes

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.”

Firsts Light Individual Energy Nations Progress Failing Industry Civilization Blessing Spring Labor Roots Perseverance Prudence Stimulus Chastisement

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“Generally we are occupied either with the miseries which now we feel, or with those which threaten; and even when we see ourselves sufficiently secure from the approach of either, still fretfulness, though unwarranted by either present or expected affliction, fails not to spring up from the deep recesses of the heart, where its roots naturally grow, and to fill the soul with its poison.”

Feels Heart Stills Soul Grows Failing Approach Spring Roots Misery Expected Secure Poison Affliction Recess Uneasiness

Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

“Be mine that silent calm repast, A conscience cheerful to the last: That tree which bears immortal fruit, Without a canker at the root; That friend which never fails the just, When other friends desert their trust.”

Lasts Failing Tree Mines Bears Conscience Roots Silent Fruit Calm Desert Immortal Cheerful

Book:The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton

Source: The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton

“most of us persist in regarding leadership as synonymous with - indeed solely derived from - high position. Perhaps the notion of grass-roots leadership strikes us as too much of an oxymoron; confronted with apparent paradox, our imaginations fail. ... I believe that in the future, our ideas about the nature of leadership will undergo a radical transformation. As the instrumental use of knowledge continues to redefine the nature and purpose of organizations, we will begin to look at those on the front lines for leadership.”

“America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end up going to jail for it, you're finished as a businessman for good.”

Ifs Ends America Failing Risk Europe Tradition Roots Conservative Finished Jail Businessman Pioneers Risk-taking

Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou