The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership

Chapter 9: Personal reminders and thoughts worth thinking 215

‘Such is the state of life that none are happy but by

the anticipation of change.’

Samuel Johnson

‘A man has one eye on what he gives, but seven eyes

on what he receives.’ Old German Proverb

‘A

man’s

reach

should

exceed

his

grasp.’

Robert Browning

‘If you treat people as they are, they will stay as they are. But if you treat

them as they ought to be, they will become bigger and better persons.’

Goethe