There are some things you don’t have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on “Dare to be what you ought to be; dare to be what you dream to be; dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!”
– Norman Vincent Peale
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a “transformer” in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is the yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.
– Stephen R. Covey
We need to accept that we don’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes. Understand that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.
– Arianna Huffington
Focus your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little life of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realise your true potential.
– Barack Obama
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
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
– George Adair
I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.
– Louis Gerstner, Jr.
If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
– Augustus William Hare
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
– Maya Angelou
A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
– John Maxwell
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