The dogmas of…

…. the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew and we must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country

– Abraham Lincoln

Times of….

….. upheaval require not just more leadership but more leaders. People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities

– Rosalynn Carter

The greatest danger….

… for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it

– Michelangelo

A leader’s role…

… is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there

– David R. Gergen

 

Life….

….. is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

– Karen Kaiser Clark

Train people….

…well enough that they can leave, treat them well enough that they don’t want to

– Sir Richard Branson

The true test….

.. of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do

– Jon Holt

That’s all….

a man can hope for during his lifetime—to set an example—and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history

– William McKinley

Learning how….

to deal with the possibility of failure is really good preparation for a career in the business world

– Malcolm Gladwell

Leaders…

…. think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems

– Brian Tracy