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Speak your dreams, no one climbs a mountain accidentally.

— Kent Thiry Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

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Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, leadership is in the eyes of the led.

We say we are a community first and a company second. That doesn't mean we don't care about profit, but that's a means, not the end.

Leadership is not a function of position, it is a function of behavior.

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

Management is a business skill; you can study it and learn about it. Leadership is a human skill; to become a better leader you need to learn more about humans, starting with yourself.

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

Leaders are stewards. They understand the proverb, "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

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Political leaders are never leaders. For leaders we have to look to the Awakeners! Lao Tse, Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Milarepa, Gurdjiev, Krishnamurti.

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Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.

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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.

L. Frank Baum Introduction to The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)

Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

Simone Weil

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