Ray and Bob, two Government maintenance guys, were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up.
A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
“We’re supposed to find the height of the flagpole”, said Bob, “but we don’t have a ladder.”
The woman said, “Hand me that wrench out of your toolbox.”
She loosened a few bolts, then laid the pole down. She then took a tape measure from their toolbox, took a measurement and announced, “Eighteen feet, six inches” and walked away.
Ray shook his head and laughed. “Well, ain’t that just like a ‘Miss-know-it-all’ woman?” he said. “We need
the height and she gives us the length!”
Ray and Bob are still working for the Government.
Adversity tests a man's true character. - Unknown
Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine
The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. - Joseph Le Conte
Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball. - Giannis Antetokounmpo
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think. - Elbert Hubbard
Tough decisions... if you can't make them, you can't lead. - John C Maxwell
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Bierce
While your circumstances are beyond your control, your character is not. - John C Maxwell
Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly. - Shaquille O'Neal
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. - Peter T. Mcintyre
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. - Charles Dudley Warner
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. - Zig Ziglar
John Wooden was a hall of fame character long before he was a hall of fame coach. - John C Maxwell
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their profession. - Unknown
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard
Positive leadership uplifts everyone. All it takes is you: the best version of you. - Unknown
Integrity is not something you show others. It is how you behave behind their back. - Unknown
The God who speaks with utmost integrity must have messengers who represent him well. - Haddon W. Robinson
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Shady Character: A fellow who snoozes in a hammock under a tree while his wife mows the lawn - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. - Doug Larson
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. - John C Maxwell
Like the old adverb, "you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth." - Archie Bunker
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. - Oprah Winfrey
Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love. - Mariah Burton Nelson
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. - Cicero
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. - Horace
We will never have to tell our horse that we are sad, happy, confident, angry or relaxed. He already knows - long before we do. - Marjike de Jong
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
Silence is interesting. It can show confusion, indifference and sadness. But it can also show determination, confidence and caring. - Maxime Lagace
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. - Agha Hasan Abedi
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. - Napoleon Hill
Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the sky where everyone's desire is to reach. - Unknown
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey
Thirteen roadways lead through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath. - Tao
Character is much easier kept than recovered. - Thomas Paine
The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. - Joseph Le Conte
Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball. - Giannis Antetokounmpo
The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw
You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think. - Elbert Hubbard
Tough decisions... if you can't make them, you can't lead. - John C Maxwell
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Bierce
While your circumstances are beyond your control, your character is not. - John C Maxwell
Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly. - Shaquille O'Neal
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. - Peter T. Mcintyre
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. - Charles Dudley Warner
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. - Zig Ziglar
John Wooden was a hall of fame character long before he was a hall of fame coach. - John C Maxwell
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their profession. - Unknown
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard
Positive leadership uplifts everyone. All it takes is you: the best version of you. - Unknown
Integrity is not something you show others. It is how you behave behind their back. - Unknown
The God who speaks with utmost integrity must have messengers who represent him well. - Haddon W. Robinson
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. - Jean Paul Richter
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Shady Character: A fellow who snoozes in a hammock under a tree while his wife mows the lawn - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. - Doug Larson
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. - John C Maxwell
Like the old adverb, "you can lead a gift horse to the water but ya can't look in his mouth." - Archie Bunker
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. - Oprah Winfrey
Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love. - Mariah Burton Nelson
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. - Cicero
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. - Horace
We will never have to tell our horse that we are sad, happy, confident, angry or relaxed. He already knows - long before we do. - Marjike de Jong
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire
Silence is interesting. It can show confusion, indifference and sadness. But it can also show determination, confidence and caring. - Maxime Lagace
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. - Agha Hasan Abedi
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. - Napoleon Hill
Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk. Design your character like the sky where everyone's desire is to reach. - Unknown
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey
Thirteen roadways lead through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath. - Tao
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