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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.
If you can raise up leaders, you will always have followers, but if you can't raise up leaders, you will only have followers.
Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church.
Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.
I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.
The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.
I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.
The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.
We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace.
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
I think the country requires fresh leadership. I do not think I can be the captain to take the country to its next destination.
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.
As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.
Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
My diet plan. 8am to 12noon: only fruits and fruit juice. Noon to 8pm: vegetarian meals. From 8pm to 8am the kitchen is CLOSED.
I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
The frequency of leadership going to the gemba is inversely proportional to the number of walls separating them from the gemba.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right."
Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.
When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.
Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.
Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way.
You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.
Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?
If your company disappeared, would it leave a gaping hole that could not easily be filled by any other enterprise on the planet?
Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.