You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share
What I know about this world is white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place. — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work,… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
