As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
– John F Kennedy
All great leaders….
All great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage others through shared meaning, a distinctive voice and unshakeable integrity. These four qualities mark all exemplary leaders, whatever their age, gender, ethnicity or race.
– Warren Bennis
Only those….
Only those who risk going too far can find out how far one can go
– T S Eliot
Great leaders….
Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.
– Amit Ray
The secret…
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity arrives
– Benjamin Disraeli
A promising junior executive….
A promising junior executive of IBM was involved in a risky venture for the company and managed to lose over $10 million in the gamble. It was a disaster. When Watson called the nervous executive into his office, the young man blurted out, ‘I guess you want my resignation?’ Watson said, ‘You can’t be serious. We’ve just spent $10 million educating you!
– Warren Bennis
Do not judge….
Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Some changes….
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realise that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge
– Eckhart Tolle
If….
If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near
– Jack Welch
If…
If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
– Jack Dixon
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