Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean-Claude Killy

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world.

John Naisbitt

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

John Wayne

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

John W. Gardner

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

John W. Gardner

The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.

John W. Gardner

If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.

John W. Gardner

A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.

John Templeton

It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.

John Sculley

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

Martin O'Malley

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

Martin McGuinness

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

Martin Luther

The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Michelle Obama

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

Michael Porter

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

Michael Pollan

The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.

Michael Pollan

The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.

Michael Pollan

The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

Seth Godin

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

Seth Godin

Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.

Seth Godin

If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.

Seth Godin

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

Seth Godin

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

Seth Godin

Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it." -

Seth Godin

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

Seth Godin

If you want to be a leader, go lead

Seth Godin

Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.

Seth Godin

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Seth Godin

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

Seth Godin

Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.

Seth Godin

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

Seth Godin

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

Tom DeLay

Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're going to accomplish the things that we've all dreamed of.