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Entries Tagged as 'Lao Tzu'

Leadership Quotes

February 11th, 2011 · No Comments

“The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without ‘playing up’ to anyone – even to himself.”
~Andre Malraux
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
~John F Kennedy
“The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the [...]

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Leadership Quote from Lao Tzu

July 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am always intrigued by the ancient Chinese wisdom. Whether from Sun Tzu, Confucius, Lao Tzu, or another ancient master, the wisdom resonates with experience as well as intelligence.
Here is a leadership quote from Lao Tzu:
“Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few [...]

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Lao Tzu on Leaders

February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, ‘We did this ourselves.’”

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