Without leadership….

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..

— Eric Shinseki

Leadership….

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down.

– Grace Murray Hopper

You have…

You have got to do the right thing even if it is painful. Don’t trim or track all over the place. Set your course and take the difficult decisions – because that is what needs to be done.

– Margaret Thatcher

There is no…

There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it

– Alfred Hitchcock

If….

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts and we are patient in them, we shall end in certainties

– Sir Francis Bacon

It’s time….

It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others.

– Steve Maraboli

Rulers….

Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery.

– T F Hodge

Practice….

Practice as though you had never won. Perform as though you had never lost

– Anon

Trust….

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they’re doing it because they care about the team

–  Patrick Lencioni

The best leaders…

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

– Theodore Roosevelt