“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“Consensus is the absense of leadership.” (Margaret Thatcher)
“Walk softly, but carry a big stick.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.” (Granville Hicks)
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
(Samuel Butler)
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to change” (Darwin)
“you must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly make them all yourselves” (onbekend)
“Mensen leren, organisaties niet” (Jentjens)
“Men dient namelijk voor ogen te houden dat niets qua voorbereiding moeilijker, qua
succes twijfelachtiger en qua uitwerking gevaarlijker is dan zich opwerpen als iemand,
die vernieuwingen wil doorvoeren. Want hij die dat doet, heeft hen die van de oude
toestand profiteren tot vijanden, terwijl hij slechts lauwe verdedigers vindt in hen die
van de nieuwe toestand zouden kunnen profiteren.” (Machiavelli 1513)
