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Fear of difference is fear of life itself.
Mary Parker Follett
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Mary Parker Follett
Age: 65 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 3
Died: 1933
Died: December 18
Businessperson
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Quincy
Massachusetts
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It is of equal importance with the discovery of facts to know what to do with them.
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That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.
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All polishing is done by friction.
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Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.
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It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned.
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We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.
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Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader-the common purpose.
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I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.
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In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.
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The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which are not yet there... Above all, he should make his co-workers see that it is not his purpose which is to be achieved, but a common purpose, born of the desires and the activities of the group.
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