Leadership Quotes - Page 9

I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

The best form of saying is doing.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.