Charlotte Beers Quotes

#1. I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

J. Paul Getty

#2. Relying only on logic, on what can be factually established, may inform or intimidate, but it will rarely stir anyone into action or change.

Charlotte Beers

#3. While looking down memory lane, I realized that I have had an unusual and extraordinary life at times. Then it dawned on me, maybe it's because I'm supposed to help unusual and extraordinary lives.

Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

#4. Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that's what leadership sounds like.

Charlotte Beers

#5. Speaking with passion born of your own authentic experience and belief is always persuasive.

Charlotte Beers

#6. Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

Chris Pine

#7. You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful that thorn bushes have roses.

Tom Wilson

#8. I want to have an impact on my son.

Orlando Bloom

#9. Here's what I believe is sexy at work: being strong and committed and confident, being precisely who you are and in hot pursuit of the goals and ideas you believe in so much they captivate and inspire others.

Charlotte Beers

#10. Being in charge of your work life doesn't mean you always move with assurance and sublime self-confidence; it means you keep moving, continuing on your own path, even when you feel shaky and uncertain.

Charlotte Beers

#11. Viserys could not sweep a stable with ten thousand brooms.

George R R Martin

#12. Maybe you could call me a little controlling or I like things to be my way, but since I was a little girl, I've known what I wanted. I'm very rootsy, but it really hadn't ever caused me too much strife. I really know when to say when. I'm not too outward but I'm very honest.

Ashton Shepherd

#13. He could taste the familiar tang of museum air - an arid, deionized essence that carried a faint hint of carbon - the product of industrial, coal-filter dehumidifiers that ran around the clock to counteract the corrosive carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors.

Dan Brown

#14. Virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

Aristotle.

#15. What was interesting about being the needy one was how much in love you felt ... He'd lost the ability to be an asshole. Now he was smitten, and it felt both tremendous and scary.

Jeffrey Eugenides

#16. Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

Charlotte Beers

#17. One of the biggest mistakes women make in business is that they aren't friendly enough.

Charlotte Beers

#18. The men at the top aren't that great at properly assessing the women under them, certainly not enough to gauge their potential or intestinal fortitude.

Charlotte Beers

#19. It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city.

Kevin Garnett

#20. States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.

John Lancaster Spalding

#21. If it weren't for the difficulties, challenges, and change, I wouldn't be blessed with opportunities, new friends and growth.

Robert J. Braathe

#22. Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership.

Charlotte Beers

#23. Any CEO who cannot clearly articulate the intangible assets of his brand and understand its connection to customers, is in trouble.

Charlotte Beers