Joelle Charbonneau Quotes:

People will believe the crisis is over because they want to believe their world is safe.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Topics: Life, Believe, People

Things don't always work out the way we hope. You just have to pick yourself up and find a new direction to go in.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2013). “The Testing Guide”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Topics: Work Out, Way, Pick Yourself Up, New Directions

Because sometimes the best leaders are the ones who have no interest in leading. Those are often the ones who are most interested in doing what is right, not what is popular.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.36, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Topics: Leader, Sometimes, Interest

Almost all the United Commonwealth presidents have been female. It has been argued that women are less aggressive, more maternal, and thus more focused on the well-being of the country's people. Less focused on politics or power.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.87, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Topics: Country, People, President

Leaders are forced to kill all the time. Then they have to learn to live with the decisions they make. Just like I'm going to learn to live with mine.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, p.294, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Topics: Decision, Leader

History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.22, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Topics: Sacrifice, Progress, Citizens

It takes a lot of courage to choose to do nothing when you aren’t certain of the outcome.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.96, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

Topics: Outcomes, Certain

Those who depend fully on another person’s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision.

source: - Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Topics: Decision, Leader, Fields