#qualities

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

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Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

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The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ↗

— Norman Cousins

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There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

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These code authorities could regulate production, quantities, qualities, prices, distribution methods, etc., under the supervision of the NRA. This was fascism. ↗

— John T. Flynn

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Physical qualities don't really matter much. ↗

— Frank Langella

#much #physical #qualities #really

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#devotion #excellent #other #politics #qualities

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge. ↗

— James Levine

#collective #communication #day #emerge #every

You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another. ↗

— James Levine

#different #get #off #players #purpose

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#love #person #qualities #reason #sometimes