Ken Blanchard Quotes

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

Ken Blanchard

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When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.

Jerry Reinsdorf

MotherTimeReal EstateLawWinYou

That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.

John Wilkes

PoliticsEmbraceMistressYourSir

What is the use in being a celebrity if you can't use the platform to help?

Amber Riley

HelpYouCelebrityBeingUse

I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple threat. But my favorite - my all-time rapper is Tupac. See, I could have been Tupac's girlfriend.

Stephanie Mills

LoveThinkBrilliantSheRapperSee

The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in.

Sumner Redstone

BusinessWillNewspaperNeverDying

Staying in Vegas would've been too easy for me.

Rutina Wesley

MeEasyVegasBeenStayingToo

In the early days, I just got lucky. I would audition for everything and just happen to land in something pretty respectable, like 'Freaks and Geeks,' my first job, which was a complete fluke.

Lizzy Caplan

JobEarlyLandLuckyFirstDays

That's why the fears of playing or coaching, you want to do everything possible to make it. A lot of teams make it look real easy, but it is hard.

Jason Kidd

CoachingEasyYouLookWhyPossible

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

Joseph Story

IntelligenceWisePeopleFallVirtue

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.

Brenda Ueland

PeopleThinkingTragedyBoldEmpty

I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

Phil Bredesen

PeopleEncourageWhoLike

I find that the hardest work in the world... is to persuade Easterners that growing up in the West is not intellectually crippling.

Marilynne Robinson

WorkGrowing UpWorldFindGrowing

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