A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, “I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can’t solve.”
Three months down the road there is a major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says, “Blame your predecessor!” He does and gets off the hook.
About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize!” This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says, “Prepare three envelopes.”
Confidence comes from being prepared. - John Wooden
The view only changes for the lead dog. - Norman O. Brown
Wiping out is an underappreciated skill. - Laird Hamilton
Adversity tests a man's true character. - Unknown
Perfection is impossible. Excellence is not. - Rob Feenie
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. - Albert Einstein
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. - Woodrow Wilson
Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed. - C.H. Parkhurst
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Dr. Samuel Johnson
My ambition was to be successful, wherever that would lead me. - Joe Segal
Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. - Oscar Wilde
The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith. - Andy Williams
Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King Jr.
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. - Mark Twain
Tough decisions... if you can't make them, you can't lead. - John C Maxwell
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. - Charles Bukowski
Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. - Faith Baldwin
Making mistakes reveals human nature. How one deals with them reveals character. - Unknown
Actions, looks, words and steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kasper Lavater
When you work the buttons here, see, it develops what ya call the digitalis skills. - Archie Bunker
The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker
No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. - David Starr Jordan
Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word. - Lord Chesterfield
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. - Henry Drummond
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. - David S Jordan
Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. - David Storey
Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. - Joseph Campbell
Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D Eisenhower
The best rule of thumb for character is to remember that if you can't be big, don't belittle. - Unknown
Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. - James L Fisher
A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. - Jack Horner
The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi Jr.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. - Andre Gide
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
A healthy, if well-concealed, respect for one's own capabilities is essential, but it should never lead to underestimating those of the opponent. - Jack Nicklaus
The view only changes for the lead dog. - Norman O. Brown
Wiping out is an underappreciated skill. - Laird Hamilton
Adversity tests a man's true character. - Unknown
Perfection is impossible. Excellence is not. - Rob Feenie
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. - Albert Einstein
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. - Woodrow Wilson
Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed. - C.H. Parkhurst
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Dr. Samuel Johnson
My ambition was to be successful, wherever that would lead me. - Joe Segal
Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. - Oscar Wilde
The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith. - Andy Williams
Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King Jr.
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. - Mark Twain
Tough decisions... if you can't make them, you can't lead. - John C Maxwell
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. - Charles Bukowski
Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. - Faith Baldwin
Making mistakes reveals human nature. How one deals with them reveals character. - Unknown
Actions, looks, words and steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kasper Lavater
When you work the buttons here, see, it develops what ya call the digitalis skills. - Archie Bunker
The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker
No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. - David Starr Jordan
Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word. - Lord Chesterfield
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. - Henry Drummond
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. - David S Jordan
Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. - David Storey
Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. - Joseph Campbell
Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D Eisenhower
The best rule of thumb for character is to remember that if you can't be big, don't belittle. - Unknown
Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. - James L Fisher
A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. - Jack Horner
The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi Jr.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. - Andre Gide
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale
A healthy, if well-concealed, respect for one's own capabilities is essential, but it should never lead to underestimating those of the opponent. - Jack Nicklaus
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