… pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
– Anais Nin
Tag Archives: Attitude
Leaders must…
… be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
– Jesse Jackson
The pessimist….
… complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
– John Maxwell
While it is…
…. essential for a leader to mobilize commitment to high performance at all levels of an organisation, it is equally essential for leaders to stimulate ‘performance anxiety’ and drive concerns about the status quo downward through the organisation.
– David Hunter
You see…
things and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?”
– George Bernard Shaw
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
Yes, there are times…
… when the gold medal only goes to the winner. But not in the race of life, where the winners are those who are superior not to others but to their former selves.
– Robert Cooper
Leadership flows…
… from the minds of followers more than from the titles of leaders, more from the perception of willing followers than from anointment.
– Lane Secretan
A ‘No’ uttered…
…. from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
– Mohandas Gandhi
If we…
… cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible.
– Chellis Glendinning
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