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 and Julius Charles Hare
Tag Archives: Attitude
Don’t judge…
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Whether our task…
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.
– Kofi Annan
A new leader…
… has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless … someone’s got to make a wake up call.
– Warren Bennis
Sometimes our fate…
resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Go as far…
… as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further.
– J. P. Morgan
A moment….
“… of choice is a moment of truth. It’s the testing point of our character and competence.
– Stephen Covey
Leadership…
… shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.
– Walt Disney
A fresh critical look…
.. is being taken at the issues of power and authority, and people are beginning to learn, however haltingly, to relate to one another in less coercive and more creatively supporting ways. A new moral principle is emerging, which holds that the only authority deserving of one’s allegiance is that which is freely and knowingly granted by the led to the leader in response to, and in proportion to, the clearly evident servant stature of the leader. Those who choose to follow this principle will not casually accept the authority of existing institutions. Rather, they will freely respond only to individuals who are chosen as leaders because they are proven and trusted as servants. To the extent that this principle prevails in the future, the only truly viable institutions will be those that are predominantly servant led.
– Robert Greenleaf
Keep your thoughts….
… positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviours positive because your behaviours become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
– Gandhi
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