There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.
Interpretation
Strong individuals create opportunities and inspire others.
This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that powerful and influential people naturally carve out space for themselves, often leading to the creation of opportunities for others as well. It highlights the idea that impactful individuals not only elevate their own status but also foster an environment where others can thrive.
In practice
In a motivational speech about leadership qualities.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men.
People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.
The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.
If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment - and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That's where respect comes from.
I think we would be stronger if half our countries and companies were run by women and half our homes were run by men.
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