KERREY, Bob

BOB KERREY – Author Quote Page

Citation

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change…kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our nature.”

~Bob Kerrey, American business leader & politician

“The Challenge of Freedom” (12 May 2002) Parade Magazine, New York, NY: Parade Publications, p. 16, column 4; in St. Louis Sunday Post-Dispatch, Vol. 124, No. 132, St. Louis, MO, p. 414 of full edition; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com

Context

Extended excerpt [Recalling the kindness of a doctor who removed a scar from Kerrey’s amputated leg]:

“Of all the things I have learned in my lifetime, the one with greatest value is that unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change. Competition will improve quality and lower costs. Confidence will enable us to climb a mountain instead of a molehill. But kindness that catches us by surprise brings ou the best in our natures.” (p. 16, column 4)

Source Link

Source link: “The Challenges of Freedom” (12 May 2002) online via St. Louis Post-Dispatch & Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/142806647/

Resources

Learn more about Bob Kerrey | Here are a few good places to start –

‘Bob Kerrey, Executive Chairman of the Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship’ | Minerva – Executive profile: https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/people/bob-kerrey/
‘Joseph Robert Kerrey’ | com – Brief biographical information, Naval service overview and accomdation details; online via Navy Seals (U.S. Navy): https://navyseals.com/ns-overview/notable-seals/joseph-robert-kerrey/
‘Kerrey, J. Robert, (1943- )’|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress – Brief biography on the official Congressional biography page: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000146
‘Kerrey, Joseph R.’ | Congressional Medal of Honor Society – Details related to Kerry’s May 14, 1970 Congressional Medal of Honor award: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3329/kerrey-joseph-r.php
‘Joseph (Bob) Kerrey, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War’ (October 2017) Medal of Honor Book – Brief video (7:10) of Kerrey discussing his family & service; via MedalofHonorBook & YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHAFZUOo8pY
‘Purdue Presidential Lecture Series: Sen. Bob Kerrey’ (26 February 2018) Purdue Convocations – On-stage conversation with President Mitch Daniels and audience Q&A session (video – 1:02:53) posted 2 March 2018; via Purdue Convocations & YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrhSLNLcDck
Bob Kerrey|C-SPAN – Searchable library of 500+ videos related to Kerrey’s speeches, debates, televised appearances, and interviews; online via C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/person/?jkerrey
Bob Kerrey | Facebook – @kerreybob: https://www.facebook.com/kerreybob/

Image link: KERREY, Bob (28 April 2016) Photo: David Hume Kennerly, LBJ Library, Speaking at LBJ Presidential Library’s Vietnam War Summit panel about lessons learned from Vietnam War, No. DIG13876dhk_002, LBJ Library, Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lbjlibrarynow/26096976283/ [Repeat Right edit – size & clarity]

KERREY, Bob

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