Bongo likes to be inspired. Don’t we all? I enjoy reading the powerful words of powerful leaders. Their words lift humans up so they can do great things. On the other paw, there are others whose words lift others about as effectively as a lead balloon.
Top Ten Quotes from Ten Leaders
1. "The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."
Theodore Roosevelt
2. "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Lao-Tzu
3. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Walt Disney
4. "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
Robert Kennedy
5. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
M.K. Gandhi
6. "… ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
John Kennedy
7. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right.”
Henry Ford
8. “Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.”
Muhammad Ali
9. “It may be democracy, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.”
Aileen Seedorf (explaining at a board meeting that democracy isn’t right when she is the one on the minority side of a vote)
10. " Do you think that Green or Kim or Carlin or Mrs. Gentry (oops I meant Mr. Gentry) understands the word “compromise” for the sake of avoiding public arguments?”
Larry Snow (in an e-mail sent to the co-president of the D 158 Teachers Union Christy Henderson; click here to see the entire e-mail where not only does Snow verbally attack his board colleagues, but also gives Henderson “pointers” on how to get a better deal for the teachers)
Do you have more examples of “words of wisdom” from Snowdorf? Please share them with Bongo!
2 comments:
Thanks for providing the link to the document Bongo. If I didn't see it with my own eyes I would not have believed that Snow would refer to Mr. Gentry as "Mrs. Gentry" on purpose as a gesture of disrespect. How incredibly rude he is.
As for other words of wisdom from these two, how about the countless times they have discounted the code of conduct as "just a policy that does not have to be followed" or the times they have referred to Robert's Rules of Order as "archaic"?
Oh my I heard the same words from Aileens mouth. I had to write them down. Where was the NW Hearld reporter on that comment? I can not believe an elected official would say something like that just becase they lost a vote.. Forgive me but was it not democracy that put you in that chair? Apparently democracy seems to only work if the vote goes your way. Let's hope she never runs for a higher office or has to make decisions on school subject matter especially history and the constitution.
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