738 quotes found
“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as...”
“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.”
“Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).”
“I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep”
“No great manager or leader ever fell from heaven, its learned not inherited.”
“It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.”
“Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship”
“Real leaders are people who help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to...”
“It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”
“Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.”
“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.”
“Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. ...”
“All organizations are perfectly designed to get the results they are now getting. If we want different results, we must change the way we do things.”
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”
“We should always aim to read something different=not only the writers with whom we agree, but those with whom we are ready to do battle. Their point of view challenges us to examine the truth and t...”
“The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.”
“Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. ”
“Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others to have, and with responsibility for being certain the people you l...”
“And a leader has to command confidence, and consent.”
“I'm accustomed to being top man. I been a bull goose catskinner for every gyppo logging operation in the Northwest and bull goose gambler all the way from Korea, was even bull goose pea weeder on t...”
