#ship

I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#atheism #pride #religion #religious-leadership #the-sin-of-pride

Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance. ↗

— Ben Cohen

#power #social-entrepreneurship #triple-bottom-line #business

Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#emperor #religion #scytale #leadership

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#after #designs #done #how #i

The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions, or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to supersede the necessity of their having any. If he were to make a discovery to the contrary, he would be simply stunned — would never recover himself, most likely, except to gasp and die. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#independence #individuality #leadership #submission #suppression

The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead. ↗

— Bill George

#leadership #leadership

The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church-planting #john-warren #leadership #motivation #pastor

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leadership #leadership

Atheism certainly promotes a low view of humanity- how much lower can you get than thinking yourself an accidental by-product of a series of even larger accidents! ↗

— John Dickson

#leadership

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#lords #leadership