Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mahatma Gandhi

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Norman Lear

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

Norman Lear

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

Orison Swett Marden

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Olympia Snowe

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

Norman Vincent Peale

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Eric Schmidt

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

Eric Schmidt

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, Ill figure it out.

Epictetus

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Ellen Sauerbrey

The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.

Ellen Tauscher

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

Judy Biggert

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

Kate Millett

The whole bloody system is sick: the very notion of leadership, a balloon with a face painted upon it, elected and inflated by media's diabolic need to reduce ideas to personalities.

Lane Kirkland

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

Lance Secretan

More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.

Lance Secretan

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

Lance Secretan

Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

John Kessel

Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.

John Kessel

It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

John Kessel

Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.

John Kessel

If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.

John D. Rockefeller

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Lindsey Graham

If [President Obama] does not go on the offensive against ISIS...they are coming here. This is just not about Baghdad, this is just not about Syria, this is about our homeland. And if we get attacked because he has no strategy to protect us, then he will have committed a blunder for the ages.

Lindsey Graham

President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.

Kerry Packer

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)

Napoleon Bonaparte

Men are lead by trifles.

Napoleon Hill

What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.