Leadership Quote by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

“We shall have no leaders left before long!” the pastor cried bitterly. “We are not abandoned,” the doctor told him quietly. “Neither is one man indispensable, however much we may mourn him personally. Each of us does as much as he can and when he disappears someone else finds the courage to take…” quote by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor — Download Open image

““We shall have no leaders left before long!” the pastor cried bitterly. “We are not abandoned,” the doctor told him quietly. “Neither is one man indispensable, however much we may mourn him personally. Each of us does as much as he can and when he disappears someone else finds the courage to take his place.””

Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

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