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The key elements in the art of working together are how to deal with change, how to deal with conflict, and how…
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Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.
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We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each…
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In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.
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We talk about the quality of product and service. What about the quality of our relationships and the quality of our communications…
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In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
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In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand…
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We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.
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The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to…
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A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts.…
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When we think about the people with whom we work, people on whom we depend, we can see that without each individual,…
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In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept…
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if…
— P T Barnum
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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of…
— Danny Boyle
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
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I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to…
— Richard Carmona
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Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital…
— Mahnaz Afkhami
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Congratulations is the civility of envy.
— Ambrose Bierce
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God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the…
— Francis Bacon
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the…
— Thomas Adams
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
— Samuel Johnson
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There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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