Depree Quotes

#1. In the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#2. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you.

Max DePree

#3. Notice I did not say what people can do
what we can do is merely a consequence of what we can be.

Max DePree

#4. We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

Max DePree

#5. We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.

Max DePree

#6. Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is ... By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life
reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

Max DePree

#7. Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.

Vine Deloria Jr.

#8. Saltwater fishing is only for the strong man with a hard stomach. It's like sex after lunch.

Charles Ritz

#9. I'm one year older, one year sexier - one more, baby. For me, it's all about the bigger picture. We want to win the whole thing. We've got to beat whoever is in our way.

Shaquille O'Neal

#10. All of life is change. When we learn to stop fighting it, that's when we can start to be happy.

Traci Depree

#11. Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

Max DePree

#12. I don't come with the wheelchair. The wheelchair comes with me.

Max DePree

#13. Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.

Quentin Tarantino

#14. (Productive Workers + Innovative Products = Industry Leadership, no?)

Max DePree

#15. Always lend a helping hand, for one day- YOU might be the one reaching for it!

E.N. TOWNER

#16. Channeled correctly and integrated properly, our diversity can be our greatest strength.

Max DePree

#17. When people are in their Element, they connect with something fundamental to their sense of identity, purpose, and well-being.

Ken Robinson

#18. In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.

Max DePree

#19. Only a group of people who share a body of knowledge and continually learn together can stay vital and viable.

Max DePree

#20. We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

Max DePree

#21. Fear is an enemy to fight and defeat and not an enemy to fear. Fear of falling, fear of the unknown, fear of making mistakes, fear of trying new ideas, fear of failure or fear of those already there."
~ Ikechukwu Joseph

Ikechukwu Joseph