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He who has great power should use it lightly.
There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.
Progress on problems is the measure of leadership; leaders mobilize people to face problems, and communities make progress on problems because leaders challenge them and help them to do so.
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.
We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader.
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
If you want it, measure it. If you can't measure it, forget it.
Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.
Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.
For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and moral conduct.
Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Greatness doesn’t come from what you do, but from who you are.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward.
Leaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it.
