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Management Character - 2

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. --H. L. Mencken
Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount. --Clare Booth Luce
Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do. --George F. Burns
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. --Unknown
Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song. --Charles Kingsley
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. --Edgar W. Howe
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. --Baltasar Gracian
Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment. --La Rochefoucauld
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert Schweitzer
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. --George Washington
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. --H. Jackson Browne,
Goodwill is achieved by many actions; it can be lost by one. --Unknown
Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. --Walter Kerr
Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty. --Bible, Proverbs 28:19
"He means well" is useless unless he does well. --Plautus
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. --Marcus Aurelius
I am a part of all that I have met. --John Milton
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. --G.K. Chesterton
I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. --Abraham Lincoln
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. --Abraham Lincoln
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. --Martin Luther King Jr.
If we don't model what we teach, we are teaching something else. --Unknown
If you don't want anybody to know about it, don't do it. --Unknown
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. --Vincent Van Gogh
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way; if you don't, you'll find an excuse. --Unknown
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. --John Locke
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. --Kahlil Gibran
I'll never let a man drag me down to the point of where I hate him. --Booker T. Washington
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. --Helen Keller
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual. --Jean Paul Richter
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. --Frederick Douglass
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. --Harry S Truman
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. --Arthur Calwell
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. --Robert F. Kennedy
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. --Rene Descartes
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. --Shakespeare
It is well to think well; it is Divine to act well. --Horace Mann
It's a natural law: You receive as much as you give. --Paul Karasik
It takes less time to do a right thing than to explain why you did it wrong. --Longfellow
I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted. --Mae West
I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. --Abraham Lincoln
Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. --Flower A. Newhouse
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. --Elbert Hubbard
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. --John Kenneth Galbraith

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		Management Insights Management Character - 2 Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. --H. L. Mencken Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount. --Clare Booth Luce Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do. --George F. Burns Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. --Unknown Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song. --Charles Kingsley Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. --Edgar W. Howe Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. --Baltasar Gracian Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment. --La Rochefoucauld Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. --Albert Schweitzer Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. --George Washington Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. --H. Jackson Browne, Goodwill is achieved by many actions; it can be lost by one. --Unknown Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. --Walter Kerr Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty. --Bible, Proverbs 28:19 "He means well" is useless unless he does well. --Plautus How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. --Marcus Aurelius I am a part of all that I have met. --John Milton I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. --G.K. Chesterton I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. --Abraham Lincoln I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. --Abraham Lincoln If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. --Martin Luther King Jr. If we don't model what we teach, we are teaching something else. --Unknown If you don't want anybody to know about it, don't do it. --Unknown If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. --Vincent Van Gogh If you really want to do something, you'll find a way; if you don't, you'll find an excuse. --Unknown I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. --John Locke I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. --Kahlil Gibran I'll never let a man drag me down to the point of where I hate him. --Booker T. Washington I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. --Helen Keller In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual. --Jean Paul Richter I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. --Frederick Douglass It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. --Harry S Truman It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. --Arthur Calwell It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. --Robert F. Kennedy It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. --Rene Descartes It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. --Shakespeare It is well to think well; it is Divine to act well. --Horace Mann It's a natural law: You receive as much as you give. --Paul Karasik It takes less time to do a right thing than to explain why you did it wrong. --Longfellow I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted. --Mae West I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. --Abraham Lincoln Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. --Flower A. Newhouse Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. --Elbert Hubbard Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue. --John Kenneth Galbraith Page: 1 \| 2 \| 3 IIM Executive Education and Management Training IIM experts research, develop and disseminate management-best-practices and learned-lessons from the leading management gurus. 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