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  • Quote #14 – Idi Amin Dada

    By Lionel Fox | February 12, 2016

    The only legitimate antidote for self-doubt and the shameful weakness it breeds, is joyful self-acceptance – Idi Amin Dada

  • Quote #3 Genghis Khan

    By Lionel Fox | February 11, 2016

      If you are afraid, don’t do it. If you do it, don’t be afraid.

  • Quote #13 – George S. Patton

    By Lionel Fox | February 11, 2016

      Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack – George S. Patton

  • Quote #20 – Sigmund Freud

    By Lionel Fox | February 10, 2016

    Most people do not want freedom because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. – Sigmund Freud

  • Quote #12 – Robert E. Lee

    By Lionel Fox | February 9, 2016

      The education of a man is never completed until he dies – Robert E. Lee

  • Quote #11 – Peter F. Drucker

    By Lionel Fox | February 9, 2016

      Management is doing the things right. Leadership is doing the right things. – Peter F. Drucker

  • Quote #6 – Baltasar Gracián

    By Lionel Fox | February 4, 2016

    Baltasar Gracián gives us this wisdom: Baltasar Gracián, Spanish Machiavellian Advisor gave us this gem to reflect upon:   Fitting for Law #2 by Baltasar Gracián: A wise man gets more from his enemies than a fool from his friends – Baltasar Graciàn  

  • Quote #4 – Idi Amin Dada

    By Lionel Fox | February 4, 2016

      Freedom of speech you have, but freedom after speech, that I can not guarantee – Idi Amin Dada

  • Quote #10 – Donald J Trump

    By Lionel Fox | February 3, 2016

      I was relentless because, more often than you would think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure. NEVER GIVE UP! – Donald J. Trump

  • Quote #5 – Al Capone

    By Lionel Fox | February 3, 2016

    Inspired by Niccolò Machiavelli’s Quote that it is better to be feared than loved, Al Capone structured his organization accordingly: I have built my Organization upon Fear – Al Capone

  • Quote #9 – Robert E. Lee

    By Lionel Fox | February 2, 2016

      I can not trust a man to control others, who can not control himself – Robert E. Lee

  • Quote #21 – Erwin Rommel

    By Lionel Fox | February 2, 2016

      No plan survives contact with the enemy – Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel

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