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If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.
Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
If we're all on the same page, no one's reading the whole book.
I'm not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.
When you go before God, you can only confess one person's sins.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Leadership development is a lifetime journey, not a quick trip.
The most unreliable thing in this world is human relationships.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.
We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."
You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.
Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.
Surround yourself with positive people and positive influences.
The best leaders realize their success depends on their people.
Influence is the platform God gives you to help others succeed.
Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
If you know what you got and like it, be reluctant to leave it.
A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.
Influencers influence people and the people who they influence.
Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people.
In a volunteer organization there has to be time for community.
If you listen to your people they'll tell you what's important.
We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
All you can do is all you can do, but all you can do is enough.
I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.
We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.
On learning: if you really want alignment, go to a chiropractor.
You have to experience grace to be one who knows how to give it.
Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.
Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
Economic necessity should be the mother of educational invention
Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.
We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
The stewardship of influence. What have you done with influence?
The church should train the Ritz Carlton on how to serve people.
With every episode of struggle, there is a learning opportunity.