A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks could rise as far as their natural talents and discipline might take them. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation. Doris Kearns Goodwin
If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up. Adrienne Rich
There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors. Adrienne Rich
War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure. Adrienne Rich
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein
Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them. Debbie Ford
Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along. Napoleon Hill
