Jerry Z. Muller
[Georg] Simmel recognized that the freedom of the liberal capitalist state is not a good in and of itself. Freedom without a sense of direction and purpose breeds boredom and restlessness.
Content: Quotation | Source: The Wilson Quarterly | Subjects: Capitalism, Freedom, Organizational Behavior
Henry Cloud
The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Henry Cloud | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Accountability, Freedom, Organizational Behavior
Jean Paul Sartre
Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.
Content: Quotation | Author: Jean Paul Sartre | Subject: Freedom
Viktor Frankl
…everything can be taken from us but one thing: the last of human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances — to choose one’s own way.
Content: Quotation | Sources: CEO Refresher, Man’s Search for Meaning | Subjects: Attitude, Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Freedom, Security