Tag Archives: Strengths

I’ve missed…

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed

– Michael Jordan

Those who can win…

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

– Winston Churchill

No executive….

… has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective

– Peter Drucker

Leaders must…

… be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

– Jesse Jackson

The superior…

… man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions

– Confucius

Nothing…

… is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

– Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest good…

… you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.

– Benjamin Disraeli

High sentiments….

… always win in the end, The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

– George Orwell

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 Anthony

Too bad…

…that most people stop rowing when they get to the rudder

– Alfred Polgar