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“Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” -Lee Iacocca
“I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.” -Lee Iacocca
“I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.” -Lee Iacocca
“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words; people, product and profits.” -Lee Iacocca
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” -Lee Iacocca
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca
“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.” -Lee Iacocca
“People want economy and they’ll pay any price to get it.” -Lee Iacocca
“The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do - they always reach.” -Lee Iacocca
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.” -Lee Iacocca
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” -Lee Iacocca
“Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.” -Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca was born on 15 October 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an executive at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960’s and at the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980’s. Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca passed on at 94 years of age on 2 July 2019 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth - teaching others.” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
“Told that a certain man had acquired great wealth, a sage asked: ‘Has he also acquired the days in which to spend it?’” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
Solomon ibn Gabirol, also known as Solomon ben Judah, was born in about C.E. 1022. He was a Spanish poet and a philosopher. Solomon ibn Gabirol passed on in about C.E. 1058.
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” -Henrik Ibsen
“A man should never put on his good trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom or truth.” -Henrik Ibsen
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” -Henrik Ibsen
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.” -Henrik Ibsen
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.” -Henrik Ibsen
“To live is to war with trolls.” -Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen was born in 1828. He was a Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet. His dramas are the most frequently performed plays in the world after William Shakespeare. Henrik Johan Ibsen passed on in 1906.
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“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the Universe.” -Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda was born in 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He became a philosopher.
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“My monk friend has a weird endearing habit - he weaves sandals and leaves them secretly by the roadside” -Ikkyu
“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright Moon.” -Ikkyu
Ikkyu was a fifteenth century Zen master.
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“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting.” -Ivan Illich
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“Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.” -Roger G. Imhoff
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“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” -William R. Inge
“Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.” -William R. Inge
“The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.” -William R. Inge
“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.” -William R. Inge
“We are what we love.” -William R. Inge
William Ralph Inge, also known as Dean Inge, was born on 6 June 1860 in Crayke, Yorkshire, England. He became an Anglican, or Church of England, priest; a professor of divinity at Cambridge University; a Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London (1911 - 1934) where he became known as Dean Inge; and a writer of more than 35 books. William Ralph Inge passed on at 93 years of age on 26 February 1954 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.
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“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.” -Robert G. Ingersoll: in Decoration Day address (1822)
“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“The superior man rises by lifting others.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“We rise by lifting others.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll was born on 11 August 1833. He was a Union General during the American Civil War, a lawyer, an orator (professional speaker), and a politician. Robert Green Ingersoll passed on at 65 years of age on 21 July 1899.
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“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.” -Washington Irving
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” -Washington Irving
“I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.” -Washington Irving
“Whenever a man’s friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.” -Washington Irving
“Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No, no, ’tis your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.” -Washington Irving: “A Knickerbocker’s History of New York” (1809), book II, chapter 3
Washington Irving was born on 3 April 1783 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was an American historian, biographer, essayist, writer of travel books, and ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He is best known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which appear in his book “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” (July 1820). Washington Irving passed on at 76 years of age on 28 November 1859 in Tarrytown, New York, United States of America.
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“Do not be afraid to be amazing.” -Andy Offutt Irwin
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“He who will not apply himself to business eventually discovers that he means to get his bread by cheating, stealing, or begging - or else is wholly void of reason.” -Ischomachus
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In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.
-Issa
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“Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” -Lee Iacocca
“I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.” -Lee Iacocca
“I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.” -Lee Iacocca
“In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words; people, product and profits.” -Lee Iacocca
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” -Lee Iacocca
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca
“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.” -Lee Iacocca
“People want economy and they’ll pay any price to get it.” -Lee Iacocca
“The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do - they always reach.” -Lee Iacocca
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” -Lee Iacocca
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.” -Lee Iacocca
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” -Lee Iacocca
“Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.” -Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca was born on 15 October 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an executive at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960’s and at the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980’s. Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca passed on at 94 years of age on 2 July 2019 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fourth practicing, the fifth - teaching others.” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
“Told that a certain man had acquired great wealth, a sage asked: ‘Has he also acquired the days in which to spend it?’” -Solomon ibn Gabirol
Solomon ibn Gabirol, also known as Solomon ben Judah, was born in about C.E. 1022. He was a Spanish poet and a philosopher. Solomon ibn Gabirol passed on in about C.E. 1058.
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“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” -Henrik Ibsen
“A man should never put on his good trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom or truth.” -Henrik Ibsen
“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” -Henrik Ibsen
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.” -Henrik Ibsen
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.” -Henrik Ibsen
“To live is to war with trolls.” -Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen was born in 1828. He was a Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet. His dramas are the most frequently performed plays in the world after William Shakespeare. Henrik Johan Ibsen passed on in 1906.
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“You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the Universe.” -Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda was born in 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. He became a philosopher.
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“My monk friend has a weird endearing habit - he weaves sandals and leaves them secretly by the roadside” -Ikkyu
“Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright Moon.” -Ikkyu
Ikkyu was a fifteenth century Zen master.
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“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting.” -Ivan Illich
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“Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.” -Roger G. Imhoff
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“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.” -William R. Inge
“Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.” -William R. Inge
“The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.” -William R. Inge
“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.” -William R. Inge
“We are what we love.” -William R. Inge
William Ralph Inge, also known as Dean Inge, was born on 6 June 1860 in Crayke, Yorkshire, England. He became an Anglican, or Church of England, priest; a professor of divinity at Cambridge University; a Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London (1911 - 1934) where he became known as Dean Inge; and a writer of more than 35 books. William Ralph Inge passed on at 93 years of age on 26 February 1954 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.
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“Courage without conscience is a wild beast.” -Robert G. Ingersoll: in Decoration Day address (1822)
“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“The superior man rises by lifting others.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
“We rise by lifting others.” -Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Green ‘Bob’ Ingersoll was born on 11 August 1833. He was a Union General during the American Civil War, a lawyer, an orator (professional speaker), and a politician. Robert Green Ingersoll passed on at 65 years of age on 21 July 1899.
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“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.” -Washington Irving
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” -Washington Irving
“I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.” -Washington Irving
“Whenever a man’s friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.” -Washington Irving
“Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No, no, ’tis your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.” -Washington Irving: “A Knickerbocker’s History of New York” (1809), book II, chapter 3
Washington Irving was born on 3 April 1783 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He was an American historian, biographer, essayist, writer of travel books, and ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846. He is best known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” which appear in his book “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” (July 1820). Washington Irving passed on at 76 years of age on 28 November 1859 in Tarrytown, New York, United States of America.
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“Do not be afraid to be amazing.” -Andy Offutt Irwin
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“He who will not apply himself to business eventually discovers that he means to get his bread by cheating, stealing, or begging - or else is wholly void of reason.” -Ischomachus
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In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.
-Issa
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