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Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out.
If the experience of leadership is like being at the edge of an unfamiliar chasm, the act of leadership is building a bridge across that chasm.
30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.
You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any classroom.
Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.
Even though your responsibilities increase when you become a manager, you lose some of the rights or freedoms you may have enjoyed in the past.
When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.
Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.
I have no idea what I did. I heard people talk about dead leg, shake, change of pace and all that, but I did things without thinking about them.
I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.
A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.
Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.
He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.
Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.
For you to be successful and provide your employees with the necessary tools for success, you and your boss must work together - no matter what.
Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.
If you want to make better use of your time, you need to be looking for the small increments of time ... a minute here, five minutes there, etc.
A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic.
The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.
Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!
Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems.
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
One of the topics I'm most passionate about is servant leadership - the greatest leaders recognize that they're here to serve, not to be served.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss.
ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.
80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church.
But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.
A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.
But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.
I'm thankful that my career at Oklahoma was marked with consistent leadership in president David Boren and director of athletics Joe Castiglione.
My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it?
Leadership is no longer about your position. It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title
The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it.
If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.
You can't compartmentalize unforgiveness. You can't control sin. You can't manage sin. Sin is never satisfied with the amount of you it possesses.
Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle.
Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.