The document contains several quotes and questions related to leadership, learning, and personal growth. Quotes discuss leading with purpose and direction, learning from mistakes, and changing one's mindset. Questions ask the reader to reflect on situations where they experienced learning, leading, or changing their perspective. The overarching goal appears to be helping the reader gain self-understanding and reach their potential through contemplating inspirational sayings.

1. Quotes

2. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us
to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung.
Question for you:
What irritates you about yourself?

3. Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi.

4. Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is
headed in the wrong direction. Kenichi Ohmae.
Question for you:
Can you explain, please, in which direction you are going? What is your goal?

5. Efforts and courage are not enough
without purpose and direction.
John F. Kennedy.

6. Look deep into nature, and you will
understand everything better.
Albert Einstein.

7. Max De Pree.
Leadership is a function of questions. And the first question
for a leader always is: “Who do we intend to be?”

8. Leadership is like beauty. It’s hard to define, but you
know it when you see it. Warren Bennis.
Two questions for you:
1. Can you please mention the name of a person, whom you knew
was leading when you saw what she / he was doing?
2. What exactly was the person doing that had to do with leading?

9. In the business world, the rear-view mirror
is always clearer than the windshield.
Warren Buffett.

10. First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you. Then you win. Mahatma Gandhi.
Three questions for you:
1. Can you think of a situation, please, during which you
experienced this?
2. What helped you to win?
3. What does “winning” mean in this regard?

11. Paths are made by walking.
Franz Kafka.

12. My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama.

13. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin,
or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they
can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more
naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Nelson Mandela.
Two questions for you:
1. What can a person do to learn to love?
2. What does it mean to love?

14. While you are proclaiming peace with your lips,
be careful to have it more fully in your heart.
Francis of Assisi.

15. Mais les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

16. “Hate the sin and not the sinner” is a precept which - though
easy enough to understand - is rarely practiced. And that is why
the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi.

17. Anyone who has never made a mistake has
never tried anything new. Albert Einstein.
Two questions for you:
1. When was the last time you tried something new and made a mistake?
2. What did you learn from it?

18. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as
though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though
everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein.

19. If you never change your mind,
why have one? Edward de Bono.
Two questions for you:
1. When was the last time you changed your mind about something?
2. What or who made you change your mind?

20. The only skill that will be important in the 21st century
is the skill of learning new skills. Everything else will
become obsolete over time.
Peter Drucker.

21. The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the
absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.
Peter Drucker.

22. Additional question
for you

23. Which quote do you like the best? Why?

24. Sources of inspiration
 Quotes from different people.
 Self created questions related to the quotes – helping the learner understanding herself / himself better.