“Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.” KnowsFirstsSeemsWould BeAmericaNationsPerfectLeaderClassImagineStudentsCollegeCitizensCreatingNotionAbsurdSupposed To BeSatDiverseCompositionFilling Author:Eric Liu
“The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.” PeopleNeedsFactsPerfectSecretLeaderAcceptingPoliticianSecret LifeShady Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” PeopleWayImportantMatterBigsNextOpportunityAbilityPerfectQualityLeaderFitThese DaysThings To DoBig ThingsLeaning InPerfect Fit Author:Padmasree Warrior
“You should have disagreements with your leaders and your colleagues, but if it becomes immediately a question of questioning people's motives, and if immediately you decide that somebody who sees a whole new situation differently than you must be a bad person and somehow twisted inside, we are not going to get very far in forming a more perfect union.” PeopleIfsShouldPersonsWholePerfectSituationLeaderShould HaveUnionsMotiveQuestioningColleaguesTwistedDisagreementPartisanshipNew Situations Author:William J. Clinton
“Only the wounded healer is able to heal. As long as we think that spiritual leaders need to be perfect, we live in poverty. I have a perfect teacher inside; there is no perfect teacher outside.” ThinkingNeedsLongAbleSpiritualPerfectHealingLeaderPovertyTeacherAngelHealWoundedHealerSpiritual LeaderPerfect Teacher Author:Angelina Love
“For centuries, faith has helped us overcome problems and helped us work to achieve a more perfect union. It has inspired the many leaders who played a key role in abolishing slavery, protecting civil rights and, hopefully one day, becoming a nation where all life from conception to natural death is protected.” ProblemNationsNaturalPerfectLeaderRolesRightsAchieveCenturyKeysBecomingOne DayOvercomingSlaveryUnionsInspiredCivil RightsHopefullyConceptionProtectedNatural DeathAbolishing Slavery Author:Marco Rubio