..encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated
– Maya Angelou
Category Archives: Leadership
As human beings…
… our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves
– Mahatma Gandhi
When you look…
… at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about
– Albert Einstein
Twenty years from….
now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover
– Mark Twain
The best people…
…. possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed
– Ernest Hemingway
A competent leader…
… can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralise the best of troops
– John J Pershing
The ability to…
… make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered
— David Heenan and Warren Bennis
If I had to…
… reduce the responsibilities of a good follower to a single rule, it would be to speak truth to power
– Warren Bennis
Let him who…
… would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
– Thomas Carlyle
Your first and…
… foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you
– Peter Drucker
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