I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
– Leonardo da Vinci
Tag Archives: Leadership
I used to…
I used to think that running an organisation was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don’t think that’s quite it; it’s more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
– Warren G. Bennis
When…
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
– Henry Ford
Shift…
Shift the emphasis from saying the right things to asking the right questions.
– Linda Edgecombe
A leader…
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs
– Robert Townsend
Knowing…
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people
– Carl Jung
Sometimes…
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
Excellence is….
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. – Warren G. Bennis
I never…
I never had much faith in leaders. I am willing to be charged with almost anything, rather than to be charged with being a leader. I am suspicious of leaders, and especially of the intellectual variety. Give me the rank and file every day in the week. If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of Congress, and mis-representatives of the masses — you will find that almost all of them claim, in glowing terms, that they have risen from the ranks to places of eminence and distinction. I am very glad I cannot make that claim for myself. I would be ashamed to admit that I had risen from the ranks. When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.
– Eugene V. Debs
A great person…
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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