Says Who?

I was away from the office from 23th - 26th July 2007, to attend a 4-day Workshop on Skills For The New Auditors-In-Charge at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The presentation was given by Mr. Shanmugam M, CA(M), ACMA(UK), MBA, CMIIA, on how to become excellent lead auditors and I managed to jot down inspirational quotes from famous people and great leaders around the world, Mr. Shanmugam had been feeding us with and also compiling these quotes into alphabetical order. Here are some of the quotes I can hold on to and I would love to share them with you.

“If you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.” - says Abraham Lincoln

“I would rather do and not promise, than promise and not do.” - says Arthur Warwick

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” - says Elbert Hubbard

“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” - says Elbert Hubbard

“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” - says Jawaharlal Nehru 

“A committee is twelve people doing the work of one.” - says John F. Kennedy

“Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.” - says Mark Twain

“Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.” - says Mark Twain

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” - says Phyllis Diller

“You are only what you are when no one is looking.” - says Robert C. Edwards

“The closes to perfection a person ever comes is when he or she fills out a job application form.” - says Stanley J. Randall

“Among the chief worries of today’s business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payrolls.” - says Steve Wilson

“You will never be a leader unless you first learn to follow and be led.” - says Tiorio

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.” - says Winston Churchill