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Quorium for Quotes For the slightly blinded Selfish leaders destroy those who would follow In my opinion, such a leader is only thinking of himself and does not carewhether other people get any good out of what he is doing. If a person is a good leader, he should want people to follow with under standing ALL of the good that he is doing. A selfish leader is not a good leader at all and should not even bear the name of “leader,” because he does not care about other people. Never be a selfish leader; that’s going against the grain and the grain is the core of the ‘great chain of being’, without which, the simple mortal is doomed. Selfish leaders, in most cases, destroy those who would follow, because they carry themselves in such a way that other peo ple would not want to follow. In the major ity of cases, selfishness finally destroys the leader himself. Such leaders were not ready to lead in the first place. Joyce Blue To me, this holds true for those people who don’t care about themselves or other people. They take good people and fill them with a lot of "mess” and, more often than not, those people turn just as bad. A boy may drop out of school because he doesn’t care; later, he finds others and tries to talk them into quitting. He does not really care what happens to them; he is just afraid of going down alone. This shows the ill-effect chat people who follow a selfish leader suffer and have a hard way to go in life. They never really take time to see what their so-called leader was doing to them. Willie Baker Those who follow leaders who are cruel and unruly will find themselves being de stroyed by those leaders’ mistakes. These kind of leaders seem to go mad for power, once they get a little taste of it. They do not have any control over themselves and power turns them into more selfish and evil men. They will use anybody or anything to get what they want and they will destroy the people whom they used in the end. This is a good statement to follow in the years to come, for such leaders do not like to share power with talented surordi- nates, and they will destroy mankind, or even the entire world to gain a little more of that power which is so sweet to them. Ulysses Jones A person, in his climb to a position of power, sometimes will go to extreme means to retain that position; too often, he will destroy those who stand in his way. He will, if necessary, even destroy those who have shown unswerving loyalty to him. It is often said that leaders are born, not made, but one cannot be a leader with out a following. It has been found to be un wise to trample on followers in a climb to the top, for these are the same people one must pass on his way down from an inevitable tumble. Only the man with the characteristics of GOOD LEADERSHIP should even aspire to lead; others of different vintage too often substitute selfishness for loyalty to their followers and lies for dedication to the cause. Otis Curry In revealing themselves to other people, some persons look for something that they never really find. In the minds of these persons, the search is a dream of domi nance or rule over some dominion or some body. In the beginning, the leader who de stroys others has a determined constitution and points his goal at a vague star. His goal really serves no purpose in life but actually might mean something to him. he is striving for power and he looks for others to lust after him, in what amounts to a coterie glued by the phrase, “Yes.Yes, master!” His followers are persons (Uncle Toms) who are weak and unintelligent toanalarm- ing extent; they find it difficult to be inde pendent and to find things out on their own. They worship their leader and believe blind ly every word that comes from his infec tious mouth. Leaders, whoeventually destroy their fol lowers, have a pessimistic or dark brood ing outlook on life; there is something wrong with them mentally and they refuse to face reality. Being a sharp person is the way to get around such leaders. A sharp person puts his trust in One greater than such a mortal being and learns to do things that he knows are right. Gwendolyn Clark Selfish leaders destroy those who follow in many ways. One way is when a leader does not regard his followers as people, or if by some miracle he does, then it is only as people to be used for his own gain. The followers depend upon the leader to guide them and to show them the way to follow, not to be abused by him. When a leader does this, he destroys the confidence and trust of his followers, and in turn, their reason for following and the whole cause that the leader espouses. A second major way such a leader destroys his followers is when he forgets completely the feelings and the purpose, of and for which the people are following him. He too often thinks of himself, instead of the people behind him. The negative re sults are that the people fall away and all the effort that they put behind the leader is gone - then everyone is lost. It takes a human to be a human This means to me that a person has to be able to adjust to all of his surround ings, mainly, the people around him. He should be able to understand them and their situations. In other words, to be a human one has to show feelings for others. He has to be kind and able to accept certain de cisions that may go against his own. A human will do all that he can to help other people. He does not try to take ad vantage of anyone, and he does not want anyone to take advantage of him. He does not want to show his kindness to his fellow- men and have no one to show kindness to ward him. A human has to be able to accept life as it is, then strive to make it better. He must be a person who can reason out of his problems, having the analytical ability to reject ill advice from would-be close associates. Ruby Adams A human should show his humanity in every respect. He should be considerate and respectful toward his fellow humans. He should be willing to help the sick and the needy; a good example of such a human is Lawrence Bensen, who, after graduating from college, decided to teach in Africa instead of the USA. He figured that Africa needed teachers more desperately than the United States, and while in Africa, he taught the people many new things which proved to be a great help to them. A man who has no consideration for others, or who is never willing to help others, is really not human at all. Cheryl Turner GOVER^MEIST IS OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AM) FOR THE PEOPLE This means that the people in any given country should be the ones to vote and to select any person or persons of their coun try to preside over them. I think that the people who select their government offi cials should be the ones to make the law. When I say this, I mean that, if and only if, the selected officials are not operating the way that they said they would, and the way the people were led to believe that they would, 5ien the people who put the govern ment totjether should have the choice, the THE VOICE...FEBRUARY 15, 1971...PAGE 7 power, and the right to abolish or over throw that government. The people are entitled to establish a new or better govern ment. The same basic right covers chief officials in any public area where the people have representatives to look after their best interests. So, any governing person or persons selected by the public, since he is of the people and by the people, but not doing anything to help the people, can’t be for the people. In order for the quotation to be true, it must stand true in all its component parts to insure a truthful whole. Walter Gotten A small mind Is a mountain of trouble The statement suggests a person with a limited amount of thinking ability. Since one is limited in his reasoning and under standing, he makes unwise decisions and has to bear the consequences; for example, during registration time, it is wise for stu dents to enroll in classes that will benefit them in their particular fields. An indi vidual with limited reasoning power might not be able to understand this and team up with his friends to take courses together, even though his friends might not be in the same field of study. A mistake such as this could cause one to attend summer school, and possibly an other full year, due to a lack of course requirements in his field. If only he had had the range to scan over a period of four years, instead of only the present, his problems would have been fewer. Most defi nitely, “A small mind is a mountain of trouble.” Dean Satterfield “You’re a narrow-minded fool.” I am sure we’ve all heard that expression at one time or another. When I heard this quo tation, that was the first thing that came to mind. A person with a small mind believes only what he wants to believe. I have seen cases where a lot of couples, married and single, have broken up because one of the two believed what others told him, be fore he consulted his mate. A narrow-minded man is hard to sway. His plans are not easily altered. A woman is not that easy, but there is a lot of dif ference in the impressions put upon people. A man is usually considered “conserva tive” if he is hard to change, but a woman is colored “old-fashioned’ on such things. I think that a broad-minded person is easy to get along with. He always considers both sides before plunging into an ordeal or problem. I find that small-minded peo ple are hard to get along with. They are easily angered and prone to walk away, rather than to stay and to try to settle things. A favorite past time of these small-minded people is the practice of hold ing grudges for along time. I say that, although broad-minded people are few, they always seem to be very popular; whereas, a person with a small mind is in a world of his own creation. Sharon Washington A small mind is one that does not under stand well. When a mind is small,it does not react to certain things that it should; for instance, a small mind will only take in as much as it wants to. Its contents are empty because of acceptance of items agree able to it, that it takes in the worse 3iings and bring on the trouble. The trouble that is caused is usually something that a small mind will keep tell ing is owner-slave to do over and over again, until it goes too far and he cannot stop it; in other words, the trouble pile up on him until he cannot get out of it. A small mind does not wait for trouble to come to it; it goes out looking for trou ble and finds it. A small mind can not help one in school; it cannot help one in sports, and it cannot help one in helping others. A small mind cannot help one to do anything but get into trouble. It creates problems that never end, until the mind stretches out to the point where it wants to end. A SMALL MIND IS TRULY A MOUN TAIN OF TROUBLE. Louis Rodgers
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