8 Quotes & Sayings By Sumner Davenport

Sumner Davenport is the president of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University, where he teaches business management courses to university students. Davenport has worked as a non-profit executive for over 20 years. He has served as the president and CEO of 17 different organizations, including The Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM), The Foundation Center, The Alliance for Nonprofit Management (ANM), and the New York City College of Technology Read more

He was also the founding president of two nonprofit organizations. Davenport has written four books on nonprofit management including "Strategic Leadership: Building an Organization That Works" (KendallHunt).

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Positive thinking by itself does not work. Your embodied vision, partnered with vibrant and energetic thinking, and balanced with active listening, followed with intentional action - will clear the path for your miracles. Sumner Davenport
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Your "Self" was created in the image and likeness of your creator. How can you believe that your "self" can be improved? Self improvement is contradictory to your creation. Sumner Davenport
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Never fear having your ideas stolen. Your creative idea is a image you are painting like a picture on a canvas, they may "steal" your idea, however they cannot steal your paints. Sumner Davenport
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It is not what happens to you or for you that makes you grateful. It's how you respond to what is happening, that shows your belief about gratitude. Sumner Davenport
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When it looks like everyone is against you, look inside for the truth. Sumner Davenport
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When you grow and rise above the masses, you will always become a target. Just as the flower grows above the grass, it becomes a target for the nourishment of the rays of sunshine, it also becomes a target to be cut down. Sumner Davenport
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Living your life through Gratitude, is not one of comparing how you are better than someone else; or Gratitude only for what you own or obtain or achieve. Living your life through Gratitude, is seeing that the world would be missing something very valuable if you were not in it. Sumner Davenport