Tag Archives: conviction

“Jesus said several times…..

….. “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”

– Spencer Kimball

“Great teams do not…..

….. hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.”

– Patrick Lencioni

A leader is one who…..

…… out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

– John Updike

Never doubt that…..

…….a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

“The leaders who work most effectively……

…….. it seems to me, never say ‘I’. And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I’. They don’t think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”

– Peter F. Drucker

“The final test of a leader is…..

……….that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.”

– Walter Lippmann

Let him who would be moved….

……… to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.

– Thomas Carlyle

“The final test of a leader…..

……. is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.”

— Walter Lippmann