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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.
Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do it.
The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
Leaders create an environment in which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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.
Leaders grasp nettles.
Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.
Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.
One of the main things for a leader is to eliminate confusion.
It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The cautious seldom err.
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Can those entrusted with the gravest authority set any example save that of the sternest obedience to the law?
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
