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“All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in reality it was not like that...The majority of the people paid no attention to the general course of events but were influenced only by their immediate personal interests.”
Leo Tolstoy

“President Abraham Lincoln once remarked, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Few people have more power than an American president. Being the so-called leader”
John C. Maxwell

“Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did not succeed in saying anything of it; his passion mastered her. She tried to calm him, to calm herself, but it was too late. His feeling infected her. Her lips trembled so that for a long while she could say nothing.”
Leo Tolstoy

“A world is supported by four things….” She held up four big-knuckled fingers. “…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing….” She closed her fingers into a fist. “…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!”
Frank Herbert

“The largest churches in the history of Christianity are in existence at this very moment. Most of them are not in the United States.”
Rick Warren

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”
C.S. Lewis

“Good leaders always bring about transformation... Bad leaders only maintain and preserve long standing mediocrity!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Power Thought: I will not give up. I will run my race with perseverance and finish with joy.”
Joyce Meyer

“No government has ever voluntarily reduced itself in size—and that, in a way, became my theme.” 
Ronald Reagan

“Avoid the penalties of the blame game. You were born to be boss player, not a blame giver. Stop the blame!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
C.S. Lewis

“Complains are like the clouds that produce no rain no matter how thick they gather. Never depend on your complaint thinking they are stair cases. Drop that thing.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Failure is an event not a person” 
Zig Ziglar

“There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.”
Nelson Mandela

“Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method.”
Martin Luther King Jr

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