Diane Dreher Quotes

#1. To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

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#2. In nature everything is valuable, everything has its place. The rose, the daisy, the lark, the squirrel, each is different but beautiful. Each has its own expression. Each flower its' own fragrance. Each bird its' own song. So you too have your own unique melody.

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#3. As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community ... community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision.

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#4. Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

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#5. Remember the importance of small actions. They're the building blocks in the architecture of your life, the quiet victories you win for yourself each day.

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#6. Where another person sees problems, a leader sees possibilities ... Leaders must have the courage to follow their vision, to believe in the invisible, to work for something that's still only a possibility, while others often wring their hands in despair.

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#7. A judgmental attitude helps neither ourselves nor others. Arguing or preaching rarely changes other people. Even if our opinions are justified, criticizing others usually makes them wary and defensive. And it takes our attention away from our own lives, which we can change.

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#8. Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow.

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#9. Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

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#10. Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

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#11. When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?

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#12. Wise leaders know that if an individual doesn't count, the institution doesn't count for much either. Put mathematically, if the individual is a zero, together a lot of zeros add up to a whole lot of nothing.

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#13. Leaders are not buffeted about by circumstance. They make what is into what might be, transforming challenging situations by means of courage and insight.

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