People are…

… always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.

– George Bernard Shaw

Twenty years…

… from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

– Mark Twain.

Cautious, careful people…

… always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

– Susan B. Anthony

In the end…

.. it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

– Max De Pree

Leaders…

… are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them

– Robert Jarvik

A leader….

… has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved.
He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

– Ralph Lauren

Leadership…

… requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.

– Alan Autry

The only certain…

… destination arises from a journey never begun

– Paradigms of leadership

There are….

… three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity, and courage

– Fuchan Yuan

A real leader…

… faces the music even when he doesn’t like the tune.

– Arnold H. Glassgow