Soul Food: Week of October 8, 2023

“Soul Food” is a regularly updated calendar of meditations sometimes questioning conventional wisdom & often suggesting eternal values …

Sunday: A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves. Lao Tzu

Monday: The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things. Ronald Reagan

Tuesday: People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Carl Buehner

Wednesday: I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the Great

Thursday: If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. Thomas Aquinas

Friday: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Henry Ford

Saturday: If you want to get the most out of your men … don’t make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won’t do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they’ll work like mad. Chesty Puller

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