The Harvest

This poem, written in 500 B.C. by an anonymous Chinese poet, is most poignant to education and training today.

If you are thinking a year ahead,
Sow seed.
If you are thinking ten years ahead,
Plant a tree.
If you are thinking one hundred years ahead,
Educate the people.

By sowing seed once,
You will harvest once.
By planting a tree,
Your harvest will be tenfold.
By educating the people,
You will harvest one hundredfold.

“Leading and managing people is all about teaching your employees.”
― L. F. Willis

“Listen first; speak last.”
― Peter Drucker

“Rule your mind, or it will rule you.”
― Horace

“Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds."
― Horace

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work very hard."
― Tim Notke

“If you want happiness for a lifetime, help the next generation."
― Chinese Proverb

“Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live every day as if it were your last."
― Irish Proverb

“Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars."
― Serbian Proverb

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken."
― Leo Tolstoy