Olivier A. Blanchard Quotes

“It should be said that my parents had married for love. The affection and devotion they had shared was the rarest of indulgences, perhaps especially in those days. For them, it had been love at first sight, and so my mother's death shattered my father. That it only dimmed his light rather than snuffed it out altogether was a miracle in and of itself. ~The Peacemakers ~(The Nemesis Engines)”

“We're fragile things, Harb. It doesn't look like it but we are. We're here one minute, and just like that, we're gone. The Peacemakers (The Nemesis Engines)”

“I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.”

“The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.”

“For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.”

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”

“I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.”

“In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.”

“The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.”

“No answer to prayer is an indication of our merit every answer to prayer is an indication of God's mercy.”