Leadership Quotes - Page 14

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that this word is the most ill-defined in all of our language. My definition isas follows: 1. Do what has to be done; 2. When it has to be done; 3. As well as it can be done; and 4. Do it it that way all the time.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

High expectations are the key to everything.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

Be a leader, not a superior.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their careful observance of all the rules, their precious concern for status symbols, their strict legality, their pious patriotism... the haircut becomes the test of virtue in a world where Satan deceives and rules by appearances.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.