Tag Archives: Action

Change will…

… not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

– Barack Obama

Dreams…

… pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

– Anais Nin

Giving people…

… self confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do because then they will act.

– Jack Welch

The secret…

… of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests

– Gail Sheehy

In the…

… simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up and goes.”

– John Erskine

The true mark…

… of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special.

– Bill Taylor

Nothing…

… is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

– Napoleon Bonaparte

Greatness…

… is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

– James C. Collins

If you…

… are not criticised, you may not be doing much

– Donald Rumsfeld

Things may…

… come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

– Abraham Lincoln