#serving

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#business #crowd #curiosity #curious #his

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#i #lifetime #lot #meanness #observing

The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now. ↗

— Jodi Rell

#deserving #early #easy #easy way #employees

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#benefits #contributes #economic #economic benefits #having

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? ↗

— Max de Pree

#among #appear #change #conflict #followers

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#doing #doing the right thing #father #follower #friend

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#control #groups #interest #nations #outlaw

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#deserving #distinction #everybody #honor #i

I need just be a bayonet, a bayonet named Diving Punishment. I wish I'd been born a storm. Or a menace. Or a single grenade. No heart, no tears, just as a terrible gale'd have been good. If [by doing this] I become that, then so be it. ↗

— Kohta Hirano

#god-s-will #personification #philosophy #regret #religion

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#enemy #fears #frighten #means #most