A real pastor — a good shepherd — is always concerned about the personal development of every individual person in his church.

— Pastor Adelaja Sunday

As a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: What you create and What you allow.

— Henry Cloud

As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.

— Gloria Steinem

A “self-leader” is the positive influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.

— Israelmore Ayivor

As Friesland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality

— Walter Isaacson

As he once wrote of Kipling, his own enduring influence can be measured by a number of terms and phrases—doublethink, thought police, 'Some animals are more equal than others'—that he embedded in our language and in our minds. In Orwell's own mind there was an inextricable connection between language and truth, a conviction that by using plain and unambiguous words one could forbid oneself the comfort of certain falsehoods and delusions. Every time you hear a piece of psychobabble or propaganda—'people's princess,' say, or 'collateral damage,' or 'peace initiative'—it is good to have a well-thumbed collection of his essays nearby. His main enemy in discourse was euphemism, just as his main enemy in practice was the abuse of power, and (more important) the slavish willingness of people to submit to it.

— Christopher Hitchens

Asides your power, passion and poise, what glues the posters of your impacts on memorial walls is how you treat those you need and those who need you.

— Israelmore Ayivor

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

— Criss Jami

Asking the appropriate questions means understanding exactly what your customer is trying to achieve

— Chris Murray

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

— Criss Jami