… in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step with his mind becoming wider and wider and progressively better, able to grasp any theme or situation – persevering in what he knows to be practical and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree
– Alexander Graham Bell
… has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective
– Peter Drucker
… when the gold medal only goes to the winner. But not in the race of life, where the winners are those who are superior not to others but to their former selves.
– Robert Cooper
… we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, is and remains immortal.
– Albert Pine
… maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new
– Orrin Woodward
… means to reach beyond the best you have ever given because doing so matters to you personally, for its own sake. It means to run your own race—as an individual, team, or organization. To excel is to know your greatest strengths and passions, and to emphasize them while honestly admitting and managing your weaknesses.
– Robert Cooper
… nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention the the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up.
– Indra Nooyi
… can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
– Brandon Sanderson
… and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
– Harvey S. Firestone
… can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.
– Steve Jobs
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