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Gone Quotes - Page 33

Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now - but instead what continues to grow long after you're gone

Tom Rath, Barry Conchie (2008). “Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

Often, the things that a lot of work has gone into have been incredibly bad because they're over-worked.

"How To Be Idle: An Interview with Tom Hodgkinson". Interview with Katie Renz, www.motherjones.com. June 8, 2005.

Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

Thomas Moore (1823). “The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads, etc”, p.305

He stood beside a cottage lone And listened to a lute, One summer's eve, when the breeze was gone, And the nightingale was mute.

Thomas Kibble Hervey (1830). “The Devil's progress, a poem, by the editor of the 'Court journal'.”, p.50

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.

Sophocles (1939). “The Antigone of Sophocles: An English Version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald”

Pity the planet, all joy gone from this sweet volcanic cone

Robert Lowell, Jeffrey Meyers (1988). “Robert Lowell, Interviews and Memoirs”, p.188, University of Michigan Press

Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work.

"When I was four, I knew I was weird", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2005.