"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From..." - Quote by Peter Drucker

“For the social ecologist language is not "communication." It is not just "message." It is substance. It is the cement that holds humanity together. It creates community and communication. ...Social ecologists need not be "great" writers; but they have to be respectful writers, caring writers.”

“The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.”

“Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or her character serve as a model for subordinates”

“Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.”

“To some people, not caring is supposed to be cool, commenting is more interesting than doing, and everything is judged and then disposed of in, like, five minutes. I'm not interested in those kinds of people. I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs. But I do sometimes laugh when people fall down.”

“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.”

“You may never be less alone than when you are alone.”

“Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy.”

“I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.”