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In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
There is no 'grand conspiracy' preventing your from accomplishing what you need to do.
Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.
Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.
If God can save Paul, He can save anybody. If God could use me, God could use anybody.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.
[The Master] doesn't glitter like a jewel... [but is] as rugged and common as a stone.
Why Me? Why You? Why His? Why Hers, Why Mine? or Why Theirs? It should be We and Ours.
The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
It's up to you to define your own brand of leadership and your own version of success.
Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.
The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.
We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.
Teaching is an emotional practice: it activates, colors & expresses people's feelings.
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.
Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained.
If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.
Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)
The greatest joy of my is when Jesus moves on my heart and tells me to give to someone.
Any time you have a change of leadership in an organization, everything kind of shifts.
Careful, intelligent listening is a crucial step on the road to organizational success.
Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible
Before people deal with their own sin, they are always dealing with other people's sin.
Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.
I was always interested in politics and I had great leadership skills from a young age.
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
High performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air.
I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'
The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.
The most miserable man in this room tonight is the Christian who is not right with Him.
Leaders think differently about themselves, and this distinguishes them from followers.
Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.
When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.
Taking on a leadership role doesn't mean that you only have to be personally ambitious.
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.
The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.