Winston S. ChurchillA politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
About This Quote
The ability to explain why something did or didn’t happen is a very important one. When things get tough, it’s important to know why bad things happened and not get stuck in them. This quote from Winston Churchill shows that his ability to explain what happened and why it happened was very important. As a good leader, you should be able to explain and forecast how whatever happens will happen next. You must also be able to explain and forecast how whatever happens will happen afterwards.
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- To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared...
- A joke is a very serious thing.
- This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
- For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.