Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
William HazlittRead
To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.
Interpretation
Effective leadership requires understanding and adapting to others' perspectives before expecting them to accept yours.
This quote emphasizes that in order to persuade others to adopt your viewpoint or ideas, you must first understand and embrace theirs. It implies that successful leadership involves empathy, flexibility, and the willingness to listen and adapt to the thoughts and feelings of others, ultimately fostering a more collaborative environment that encourages mutual respect and understanding.
In practice
In a team meeting where conflict arises, this quote can be used to suggest that team members should consider each otherβs viewpoints to reach a consensus.
Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
When a president promises something beyond his years in office, he is fundamentally unaccountable. It is not his budget that must finish the job. Another president inherits the problem, and it becomes a ball too easily dropped, a plan too easily abandoned, a dream too readily deferred.
Female service members are so integrated into the military, so critical and vital to all functions of the military, from combat service support to combat support, to direct combat, that we could not go to war as a nation - we could not defend America - without our women.
Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.
Active questions are the alternative to passive questions. There is a huge difference between, 'Do you have clear goals?' and 'Did you do your best to set clear goals for yourself?' The former is trying to determine the employee's state of mind; the latter challenges the employee to describe or defend a course of action.
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