Leadership…

cannot really be taught. It can only be learned

— Harold Geneen

As human beings…

… our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves

– Mahatma Gandhi

Twenty years from….

now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover

– Mark Twain

A competent leader…

… can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralise the best of troops

– John J Pershing

Your first and…

… foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you

– Peter Drucker

Two roads diverged…

….. in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference

– Robert Frost


Good leadership…

… consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people

– John D. Rockefeller

Taking charge of….

… your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

– Warren G Bennis

He who has…

… never learned to obey cannot be a good commander

– Aristotle

Learning the secrets….

… and skill of great No.2s remains the surest path to becoming No. 1

— David Heenan and Warren Bennis