Poor performance…

Poor performance promotes change; average performance promotes complacency

– Anon

If…

If you don’t have peace, it isn’t because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you

– John C. Maxwell,

Courage…

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

To be…

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful

– Edward Murrow

Hold…

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself

– Harvey Ward Beecher

It is…

It is essential to employ, trust and reward those whose perspective, ability and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance and wisdom.

– Dee Hock

Success…

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing

– Warren G Bennis

The quality…

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves

– Ray Kroc

The fact…

The fact is, the higher up we find ourselves in terms of power, influence, and wealth, the more people look up to us, the more vulnerable we are to pride and self-deceit and the more prone we are to be blind to our spiritual needs and deficiencies

– Nancy DeMoss

Leaders…

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.

– Brian Tracy