of the past… is a doer; of the present, a planner; of the future, a teacher. Their job is to develop capabilities; not to plan the company’s actions but to increase its capacity to act, its responsiveness, and its repertoire…. This kind of leader doesn’t need to know everything; on the contrary, they will want to be surrounded by people who know a whole lot more but trust them to weigh their competing claims
– Thomas A. Stewart.
… see things as they are and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?’”
– George Bernard Shaw
…. can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him
– W. A. Nance
… a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.
– Michelle Obama
… win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver.
– Mark Clement
…make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.
– Lance Morrow
… in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves
– E. Joseph Cossman
should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it
– Marian Anderson
…or do not ….. there is no try.
– Yoda
….to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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