Tag Archives: self awareness

Those who are ….

….. successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not likely to be troublesome on any occasion; but then they betrayed their own interests by unwisely omitting the consideration, that such feelings might exist in the breasts of those whom they had to guide and govern: for they themselves cannot even remember the time when in their eyes justice appeared preferable to expediency, the happiness of others to self-interest, or the welfare of a State to the advancement of a party.

– Arthur Helps

Great leaders are…..

……. not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

– John Zenger & Joseph Folkman

When we…..

…… think we lead, we are most led.

– Lord Byron

The ultimate measure….

…… of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

– Martin Luther King Jr.

The first act of leadership is …

….. coming to grips with yourself, who you are, where you are, and what is of value to you, and shaping yourself by acts of conscious will into what you want to become.

– Fenwick English

If leadership is….

…… the act of going beyond what is … it begins by going beyond what is within ourselves.

– Kevin Cashman

Leadership is not ……

….. the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. When the leader in everyone is liberated extraordinary things happen.

– James Kouzes & Barry Potter

Leadership is most effective…..

…… when those acting in that capacity realize that their effect on others must be indirect. This indirectness means influencing others by changing yourself.

– Greg Robinson & Mark Rose

“We are here for….

….. a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”

– Whoopi Goldberg

Let him who …..

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

– Thomas Carlyle