"Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but……" — Lewis H. Lapham

"Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character."

— Lewis H. Lapham

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39 Quotes by Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this…
Money is like fire, an element as little troubled by moralizing as earth, air and water. Men can employ it…
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter…
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said…
Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the…
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars,…
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a…
The supply of government exceeds demand.
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or…
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident;…
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own…
Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an…

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More Character Quotes

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was… — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things -… — Rowan Atkinson

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