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No one can make you inferior without your consent.- unknown
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Gustav Jung
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. -- Proverbs
We are what we repeatedly do. --Aristotle
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. - Unknown
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. -unknown
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. --Plato
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed -- Kate Halverson
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. -- H. L. Mencken
I don't know what I am doing here. I can't sing, I can't dance, but just to be sociable, I'll fight the best man in the house. Rocky Marciano
People tend to write your merits on the surface of the water and your mistakes in stone - William Shakespeare
You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you, if you could know how seldom they do. -- Olin Miller
What we nourish will flourish. We nourish whatever we give our attention to. Small wonder that so many of our problems get to be such vigorous, lusty weeds in our garden of life! --J. Sig Paulson
Avoid having your ego so close to your position, that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. -- Colin Powell
When one find's oneself in a hole of one's own making, it is a good time to examine the quality of the workmanship. -- John Renmerde
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. -- Bertrand Russell
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. -- Schopenhauer
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. -- George Bernard Shaw
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. -- Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. -- Oscar Wilde
We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. -- Shelley Winters
Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood. -- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure. -- Anonymous
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. -- Josh Billings
When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. -- James Branch Cabell,
Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind. -- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort
The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. -- Winston Churchill
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. -- Thomas Dewar
Trust everybody, but cut the cards. -- Finley Peter Dunne
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen. -- Albert Einstein
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. -- W. C. Fields
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. -- Libbie Fudim
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. -- John Galsworthy
Success is just a matter of attitude. -- Darcy E. Gibbons
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. -- Andre Gide
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. -- William Hazlitt
When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here. -- Samuel Hoffenstein
A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one. -- Kin Hubbard
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -- William James
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. -- Stanislaw J. Lec
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. -- Ralph Marston
Criticism is prejudice made plausible. -- H. L. Mencken
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. -- Vladimir Nabokov
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. -- Tom Robbins
We can say 'Peace on Earth,' we can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us, then it will not be. -- Betty Shabazz
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. -- George Bernard Shaw
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. -- Thomas Szasz
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -- Margaret Thatcher
A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude. -- Oscar Wilde
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. -- Ziggy, character in comic
"Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy." -- Aristotle philosopher
"He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly..." -- Proverbs
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." -- Buddha mystic, founder of Buddhism
"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten." -- Buddha mystic, founder of Buddhism
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. --Thomas Szasz
Act the part and you will become the part. --William James
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization. --Calvin Coolidge
Always do more than is required of you. --George Patton
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. --Albert Schweitzer
An athlete was never made by mere instruction. No soldier was ever trained by the mere study of his manual, but by practicing his drill. Not the hearers of the law, but the doers are justified before God. We must be going forward, not standing still, simply listening and learning. Where our duty is seen God is revealed. Duty is always the will of God. To see it and not to do it, is a most disastrous thing for the man, as well as being an offense against God. --Outlook
An Optimist is a person who undertakes a seemingly impossible task in a spirit of immeasurable enthusiasm, unbounded determination, unbelievable excitement, indestructible confidence, uncompromising thoroughness, and indefatigable persistence...with understandable success. --William Arther Ward
A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. --Samuel Grafton
A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it. --Alistair Cooke
A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. --Richard Armour
Be everywhere, do everything, and never fail to astonish the customer. --Macy's Motto
Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us what he is. --F.D. Huntington
Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you. --Nicholai Velimirovic
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. --Helen Keller
Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight. --Jack Nicklaus

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		Management Insights Management Character - 1 No one can make you inferior without your consent.- unknown Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Gustav Jung As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. -- Proverbs We are what we repeatedly do. --Aristotle Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. - Unknown Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. -unknown You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. --Plato Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. -- Friedrich Nietzsche If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed -- Kate Halverson Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. -- H. L. Mencken I don't know what I am doing here. I can't sing, I can't dance, but just to be sociable, I'll fight the best man in the house. Rocky Marciano People tend to write your merits on the surface of the water and your mistakes in stone - William Shakespeare You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you, if you could know how seldom they do. -- Olin Miller What we nourish will flourish. We nourish whatever we give our attention to. Small wonder that so many of our problems get to be such vigorous, lusty weeds in our garden of life! --J. Sig Paulson Avoid having your ego so close to your position, that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. -- Colin Powell When one find's oneself in a hole of one's own making, it is a good time to examine the quality of the workmanship. -- John Renmerde One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. -- Bertrand Russell If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. -- Schopenhauer The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. -- George Bernard Shaw The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. -- Oscar Wilde To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. -- Oscar Wilde We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. -- Shelley Winters Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood. -- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure. -- Anonymous Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. -- Josh Billings When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. -- James Branch Cabell, Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind. -- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. -- Winston Churchill And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. -- Thomas Dewar Trust everybody, but cut the cards. -- Finley Peter Dunne Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen. -- Albert Einstein I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. -- W. C. Fields Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. -- Libbie Fudim Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. -- John Galsworthy Success is just a matter of attitude. -- Darcy E. Gibbons It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. -- Andre Gide Prejudice is the child of ignorance. -- William Hazlitt When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here. -- Samuel Hoffenstein A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one. -- Kin Hubbard The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -- William James You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. -- Stanislaw J. Lec Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. -- Ralph Marston Criticism is prejudice made plausible. -- H. L. Mencken My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. -- Vladimir Nabokov Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. -- Tom Robbins We can say 'Peace on Earth,' we can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us, then it will not be. -- Betty Shabazz The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. -- George Bernard Shaw Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. -- Thomas Szasz Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -- Margaret Thatcher A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude. -- Oscar Wilde You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. -- Ziggy, character in comic "Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy." -- Aristotle philosopher "He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly..." -- Proverbs "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." -- Buddha mystic, founder of Buddhism "Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten." -- Buddha mystic, founder of Buddhism A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. --Thomas Szasz Act the part and you will become the part. --William James All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization. --Calvin Coolidge Always do more than is required of you. --George Patton A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. --Albert Schweitzer An athlete was never made by mere instruction. No soldier was ever trained by the mere study of his manual, but by practicing his drill. Not the hearers of the law, but the doers are justified before God. We must be going forward, not standing still, simply listening and learning. Where our duty is seen God is revealed. Duty is always the will of God. To see it and not to do it, is a most disastrous thing for the man, as well as being an offense against God. --Outlook An Optimist is a person who undertakes a seemingly impossible task in a spirit of immeasurable enthusiasm, unbounded determination, unbelievable excitement, indestructible confidence, uncompromising thoroughness, and indefatigable persistence...with understandable success. --William Arther Ward A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. --Samuel Grafton A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it. --Alistair Cooke A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. --Richard Armour Be everywhere, do everything, and never fail to astonish the customer. --Macy's Motto Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does, tells us what he is. --F.D. Huntington Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you. --Nicholai Velimirovic Be sincere; be brief; be seated. --Franklin D. Roosevelt Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. --Helen Keller Complacency is a continuous struggle that we all have to fight. --Jack Nicklaus Page: 1 \| 2 \| 3 IIM Executive Education and Management Training IIM experts research, develop and disseminate management-best-practices and learned-lessons from the leading management gurus. For advanced executive education and training opportunities, please refer to IIM Management Training Courses

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