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The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first.
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Once we had become locked in on a schedule, he (Coach Denny Green) often created a disruption (artificial adversity) to that schedule just to see how guys would respond.
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth
Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.
The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people.
I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment, when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them
Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.
I'm not so sure liberal democracy as we know it has reached its terminus. It's clear though, that many have genuinely lost confidence in the Australian political class. One reason is that we like to place enormous burdens of expectations on modern political leaders. To be sure such expectations aren't always honest. Just as we want better public services but object to paying the higher taxes that would make them possible, we often want leadership but only if there aren't hard choices with real consequences.
It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else; a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile. Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when we mix it with business. The relationship between the Church and political power can also be corrupted if common good is not the only converging point.
The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to be pitied, for they know not what they should do.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.
You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
We do not see the world as it is. We see the word as we are.
Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
What we want for our students we should want for our teachers: learning, challenge, support, and respect.
Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.
Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar.
You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.
Pompous asses knows how to put the moan in sanctimonious.
Education leaders must have the will at times to release leadership to the teachers the parents and the students.
The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them.
It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform.
Evaluation schemes that implicate 100% of the staff to detect a small % of incompetents are a waste of time.
The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.
Culture is the possibility and impossibility that bacon and fruit can appear on the same plate.
Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.
Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not likely to be troublesome on any occasion; but then they betrayed their own interests by unwisely omitting the consideration, that such feelings might exist in the breasts of those whom they had to guide and govern: for they themselves cannot even remember the time when in their eyes justice appeared preferable to expediency, the happiness of others to self-interest, or the welfare of a State to the advancement of a party.
Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.
There is no fun equal to the satisfaction of doing one's best. The things that are most worthwhile in life are really those within the reach of almost every normal human being who cares to seek them out.
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.
American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.
If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
Get the winners into the game.
Do not do that which you would not have known.
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.
Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
Live Foods and Exercise = Good Health and Happiness. Make eating the right foods and daily workouts a top priority.
Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.
A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.
One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.
I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.
[Margaret] Thatcher had just become prime minister; there was talk about whether it was an advance to have a woman prime minister if it was someone with policies like hers: She may be a woman but she isn't a sister, she may be a sister but she isn't a comrade.
Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in the centre but they must not be the centre. To reinforce the common sense they must be a constant teacher, ever travelling, ever talking, ever listening, the chief missionary of the common cause.
Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.
There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.
The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church.
China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.
They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.
Good leadership means leading the way, not hectoring other people to do things your way.
Knowing what is right is not the same as doing what is right.
Certainly a leader needs a clear vision of the organization and where it is going, but a vision is of little value unless it is shared in a way so as to generate enthusiasm and commitment. Leadership and communication are inseparable.
After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.
Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
As much as 80% of adult "success" comes from EQ.
I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.
Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.
I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my right-brain muscles into shape. I actually think this shift toward right-brain abilities has the potential to make us both better off and better in a deeper sense.
He looks like he needs worming.
If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same.
We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.
Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.
If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.
Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures.
Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
A man's intelligence does not increase as he acquires power. What does increase is the difficulty of telling him so.
And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.
The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.
The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts upon expediency; the other acts on enduring principles and for the immortality.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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.
Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.
Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding anything too emotional or nurturing, currently denies men this balance. Their ability to care is seen as inappropriate for everyday use, and a lack of desire for power or promotion are seen as signs of inadequacy.
