Leadership Quotes - Page 43

we should think not only of what the leader does to the group, but also of what the group does to the leader.

Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.

The art of leadership is a serious matter. One must not lag behind a movement, because to do so is to become isolated from the masses. But one must not rush ahead, for to rush ahead is to lose contact with the masses. He who wished to lead a movement must conduct a fight on two fronts--against those who lag behind and those who rush ahead.

You don't have to be rich to be generous. You have to be generous to be generous.

We know that leadership is very much related to change. As the pace of change accelerates, there is naturally a greater need for effective leadership.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.

Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities.

The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.

To have a successful career, you have to approach it as an entrepreneur, even if you are working for someone else. Your career is your own private business. You have to market yourself and your abilities and knowledge just as you would a product or service.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

Purpose is what gives life meaning.

Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do. Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.

I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.

You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.

People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it.