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ac882aa It's only after you've stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. change focus grow growth inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking stay-focused step-out-of-comfort-zone transform Roy T. Bennett
401bdb8 Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals goal goals gratitude happiness inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
940276b Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking success Roy T. Bennett
30cc5f8 You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone. achievement change comfort-zone courage dream dreams inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational start-up step-out-of-your-comfort-zone Roy T. Bennett
7bf35d2 Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others. improvement inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leadership learning life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking success Roy T. Bennett
4fc7e41 Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don't listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don't listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what's behind the words. action actions communication curiosity honest inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes integrity integrity-quotes leadership life life-quotes listen listening optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking speak speaking Roy T. Bennett
d04cc4b Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don't forget to lift someone up. gratitude inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
b17ec84 If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there. inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic passion positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking purpose Roy T. Bennett
ebf5780 Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic Roy T. Bennett
05dfdf6 It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down. ability don-t-give-up inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational never-give-up optimism optimistic perseverance persistence positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking vision Roy T. Bennett
6a4e373 7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Importan care gratitude inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes listening living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking respect show-you-care Roy T. Bennett
054f9e5 You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. inspirational oprah courage leadership Oprah Winfrey
0f8f2cb What you stay focused on will grow. focus grow inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking stay-focused Roy T. Bennett
ce8222b Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people. goodness inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
3c22a09 If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. entrepreneurship inspirational leadership Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
13ae598 Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can't see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don't even know. greatness inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leaders leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking potential Roy T. Bennett
724791d One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. influence inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational Roy T. Bennett
578617d Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them. consistency inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring keep-your-promises leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking trust Roy T. Bennett
327f424 Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others. inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes light living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking shine shine-your-light Roy T. Bennett
fdd785e Great Leaders Create More Leader inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking success vision Roy T. Bennett
90206e3 Change course, but don't give up. change inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational never-give-up optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
4137a3d The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. inspirational leadership William Arthur Ward
4812bd8 Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. inspirational leadership management John C Maxwell
1ceeae9 You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. inspirational leadership Woodrow Wilson
6fd0196 One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others make them feel important. It is one of the deepest human desires. enjoy human-desire influence inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
7401058 Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are magnetically drawn to them. They are most often very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. ... They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent. inspirational leadership power Sanaya Roman
bd2707b I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. inspirational leadership self-control Robert E. Lee
61f3905 Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do. improvement inspiration inspirational inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring integrity leadership life life-and-living life-lessons life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking success truth truthful Roy T. Bennett
2806e9d Keep your promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust. consistent inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring keep-your-promises leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking trust Roy T. Bennett
d5e5e02 Life is short. Focus on what really matters most; you should change your priorities over time. focus inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking priorities priority time Roy T. Bennett
204e674 Jesus said several times, "Come, follow me." His was a program of "do what I do," rather than "do what I say." His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led. inspirational lds leadership Spencer W. Kimball
f0d1116 Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today. action belief beliefs believe choice choices decision future inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
04cc6c6 If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. inspirational leadership John Quincy Adams
0d70a47 Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities. ability inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational vision Roy T. Bennett
218627d Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible. choice choices core-values inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
1d4dee6 One of the best ways to influence people is to make those around you feel important. influence inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational Roy T. Bennett
e203da9 Remember that things are not always as they appear to be... Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities. creativity curiosity inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational opportunity optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking possibility Roy T. Bennett
7090f6e If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless. discipline leadership relationship Sun Tzu
59e709c The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. important influence inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes listen listening living motivation motivational talk talking Roy T. Bennett
2c49834 Leaders live by choice, not by accident. choice dreams goals inspirational leaders leadership mark-gorman winning Mark Gorman
b9ce833 Real change is difficult at the beginning, but gorgeous at the end. Change begins the moment you get the courage and step outside your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone. achievement change comfort-zone courage dream dreams inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring leader leaders leadership life life-quotes living motivation motivational start-up step-out-of-your-comfort-zone Roy T. Bennett
acfa468 Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. leadership teamwork trust Patrick Lencioni
8aaf254 The best form of saying is being inspirational leadership Che Guevarra
a8ae8d2 No guts, no story. attitude inspirational leadership success Chris Brady
1493e1f You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE. bible central-christian-church church inspirational john-paul john-paul-warren john-warren leadership motivational pastor-john-paul-warren pastors religious speakers spiritual voice-of-the-nations John Paul Warren
63cc9e5 Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die. depression despair leadership strategy Frank Herbert
31a8df1 Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly. encouragement leadership mentoring parenthood teaching Pat Conroy
c5e3c20 When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others. leaders leadership responsibility Kelley Armstrong
281e973 Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears. leadership George R.R. Martin
487b23d There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do. humanity kings leadership treachery David Gemmell
00023d4 At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him. leadership Richard Adams
dfc93d3 "Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to a mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on a rock." - Frankenstein p115" leadership learning Mary Shelley
b820663 "The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead." control ghengis-khan historical-person leadership mongols pride Jack Weatherford
2b23b15 Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one's beloved extended community. accountability beloved-community civic-duty civic-responsibility civic-virtue civil-disobedience communities democracy democratic-process discourse-on-a-better-world discourse-on-democracy discourse-on-freedom editorials-on-democracy emigrants gun-laws gun-violence human-rights immigration leadership leadership-characteristics leadership-theory national-history-day peace peace-on-earth police-culture police-reform political-art political-chaos political-commentary political-ethics political-philosophy political-poets political-posters political-rights political-theory postered-poetics-by-aberjhani practicing-democracy presidential-election right-to-vote sustainable-living teaching-democracy voting Aberjhani
82d613a In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers' broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope. bigotry coexistence coexisting-together coexistência election-year-politics extremism gun-laws gun-violence hate-crimes hatred human-rights-day humanity hypocrisy ignorance intelligence leadership megalomania national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings political-commentary political-corruption politics prejudice presidential-election terrorism world-suicide-prevention-day xenophobia Aberjhani
cb57eb6 "Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon," Frank said. "Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes." leadership Rick Riordan
85e8c04 Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business. leadership John C. Maxwell
25fe2ce The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others - not yourself - first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better? leadership self-discipline John C. Maxwell
75b5cf8 When your people are lying dead around you, don't come crying to me... death leadership Sarah J. Maas
8f669c4 He had learned that close-held secrets could often be cracked by going all the way to the top and there making himself unbearably unpleasant. He knew that such twisting of the tiger's tail was dangerous, for he understood the psychopathology of great power. leadership politics Robert A. Heinlein
fee470d Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength. agape-love american-history black-history-month civil-rights-movement compassion-heals-lives conflict-resolution courage dreams faith famous-authors famous-speeches great-leaders hope human-rights-day humanity i-have-a-dream-speech leadership love martin-luther-king-day martin-luther-king-jr mlk-day mlkdream50 national-history-day nonviolence nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings spiritual-visions spirituality strength voting-rights-act-of-1965 Aberjhani
fb1b52e Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others. leadership Jack Weatherford
8725c2f Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written. leadership politics zeitgeist Dan Simmons
671057f If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out. leadership standing-out Warren G. Bennis
895f41a And a young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while his father lives so that afterwards, in age when fighting starts steadfast companions will stand by him and hold the line. gifts leadership seamus-heaney Seamus Heaney
d476bea Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself. example exhortation leadership self-discipline Augustine of Hippo
e81571c "Be certain," Catelyn told her son, "or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Robb-these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command." catelynstark gameofthrones inspirational leadership George R.R. Martin
6aaf518 Most people don't care who's in charge as long as someone is. leadership taking-charge Tanya Huff
f511a0e I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people. education leadership servanthood teaching St. Augustine of Hippo
9b3a14b Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed. leadership popularity statesmanship Ken Follett
441dec1 It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him. leadership llassar war Lloyd Alexander
8d52355 When people don't know what's going on, it's human nature for them to imagine a version that's ten times worse than the truth! human-nature imagine leadership truth Kenneth H. Blanchard
8c16c1b A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world... the language of the rocks and growing things... the language you don't hear just with your ears... the Mystery of Life... not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience... Understanding must move with the flow of the process. experience flow languages leadership life mystery persuasion problem process reality team understanding Frank Herbert
ce19fad Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate, what is there but a man? humanity humility leadership power Robert Louis Stevenson
a84d07d The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership. courage generosity humility leadership moderation tao Christopher Moore
c154929 "On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor." american-civil-war-biography confederate-army confederate-states-of-america dignity encouragement leadership robert-e-lee Shelby Foote
2ae28a3 "A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, "There's a man in there!"Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there." abraham-lincoln-quotes american-civil-war compassion fallibility humility leadership Shelby Foote
e67b086 Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs. bold collaboration leadership listen managers truth Kenneth H. Blanchard
326df3d Neoteny is more than retaining a youthful appearance, although that is often part of it. Neoteny is the retention of all those wonderful qualities that we associate with youth: curiosity, playfulness, eagerness, fearlessness, warmth, energy. Unlike those defeated by time and age, our geezers have remained much like our geeks - open, willing to take risks, hungry for knowledge and experience, courageous, eager to see what the new day brings. Time and lost steal the zest from the unlucky, and leave them looking longingly at the past. Neoteny is a metaphor for the quality - and the gift - that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all marvelous undiscovered things to come. leadership vigor youth zeal Warren G. Bennis
3d4be44 When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring, leadership passion Alister E. McGrath
e78eebd They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will. leadership politics Tom Robbins
5adff57 No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe. emotion leadership warfare Barbara W. Tuchman
60afddd This teacher was kind and well-intentioned, but I wonder whether students like the young safety officer would be better off if we appreciated that not everyone to be a leader in the conventional sense of the word--that some people wish to fit harmoniously into the group, and others to be independent of it. independence leadership Susan Cain
9cf2631 Since when has leadership been a criterion for sanity? Or vice versa. Hitler was a gifted leader, even Nixon. Exhibit leadership qualities as an adolescent, they pack you off to law school for an anus transplant. If it takes, you go into government. law-school leadership Tom Robbins
38bf005 You must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned. leadership Frank Herbert
a791592 It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jetliner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat. - Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, 1968 leadership politics Mark Kurlansky
2570a49 Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. leadership sadism Tahir Shah
26da5be There was, however, a difference between his mood and that of the rest of the cabinet. They felt desperate; he felt challenged. despondency leadership resiliency William Raymond Manchester
1d23351 He's got to have the ability, and it seems to be fairly rare, to see things as they are and at the same time as they might have been. What we mean is the eye of an artist. intelligence leadership vision Jack Finney
860b720 The person following is never in control, which she knows full well and which is exactly why she does it. following leadership psychology relationships Sara Gruen
946cc9d Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance. leadership popularity Alexandra Robbins
a14089a Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic... bob-woodward idealists leadership obama-s-wars president Bob Woodward
71f637d "People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy" dependence humility leadership Robert A. Caro
31b02d3 Once leaders embrace the role of coach, they realize the weight of leadership is now balanced between themselves and their direct reports. coach collaboration leaders leadership teamwork Kenneth H. Blanchard
bebb8c6 It is interesting to note that an overwhelming majority of citizens in the world's three largest democracies have different religions: India (81 percent Hindu), the United States (76 percent Christian), and Indonesia (87 percent Muslim). Two of them have elected women as leaders of their government. leaders leadership president women Jimmy Carter
1afa063 The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution. debate leadership Joseph J. Ellis
c124fe7 lqd@ hm lmsy'wlwn `n lrw'y@ ltb`yn Glb an l ystTy`wn rw'y@ lmstqbl km yrh lqy'd . leadership القائد القيادة John C. Maxwell
60143f1 There are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering. insularity leadership pride Frank Herbert
43e62d8 There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America's jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X's} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells. african-american-men african-americans black-history-month black-leadership black-liberation-movement black-middle-class black-prophets black-revolutionaries careerists conscientious-objection freedom-fighters industrial-prison-complex leadership malcolm-x martyrs mass-incarceration political-advocacy political-philosophy political-prisoners prison-reform racial-discrimination racism warriors Cornel West
8380434 But oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew of what they created by their demands. Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters. disaster error follow hierarchy human imperfection leadership mistakes Frank Herbert
c441bfe Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them. goal-setting leadership motivation H.W. Brands
710422d "One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day." confidence empathy leadership personal-growth Doris Kearns Goodwin
232941c Words are catch-basins of experience, fingerprints and footprints of the past that the literary detective may scrutinize in order to sleuth out the history of human consciousness. leadership linguistics motivation rhetoric word-choice Philip Zaleski
13792f8 You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more. leadership Orson Scott Card
6eb33bc "The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln" leadership strategy Gary Chapman
721900d "If this were a courageous country, it would ask Gloria to lead it since she is sane and funny and beautiful and smart and the National Leaders we've always had are not. When I listen to her talk about women's rights children's rights men's rights I think of the long line of Americans who should have been president, but weren't. Imagine Crazy Horse as president. Sojourner Truth. John Brown. Harriet Tubman. Black Elk or Geronimo. Imagine President Martin Luther King confronting the youthful "Oppie" Oppenheimer. Imagine President Malcolm X going after the Klan. Imagine President Stevie Wonder dealing with the "Truly Needy." Imagine President Shirley Chisholm, Ron Dellums, or Sweet Honey in the Rock dealing with Anything. It is imagining to make us weep with frustration, as we languish under real estate dealers, killers, and bad actors." change leaders leadership politics presidents united-states united-states-of-america us usa Alice Walker
37db0af Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider. leadership subtlety timing Harold Bloom
cd341a2 Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer. distraction hesitation leadership procrastination Frank Herbert
4e44a13 [T]hese leaders must not believe they are actually being watched, for their behavior in no way reflects the possible existence of a set of values or ethical laws that supersedes their own dominion. good-behavior leadership Arthur C. Clarke
6ed9bbd My son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was another death thought. heritage leadership legacy mortality parenthood Frank Herbert
40d413f Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part on the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. leadership storytelling Frank Herbert
abe1b25 I know nothing about war. But let me tell you what I believe. I think running from responsibility breeds self-loathing and despair. I think people can, and do, rise to the occasion, and even a single person can make an incredible difference. What they need are leaders who believe in them, a belief that gives birth to hope. With hope, people can do remarkable things, amazing things. hope leadership Michael J. Sullivan
6e230cc If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused. humility leadership self-discipline servant-leadership John Howard Griffin
151d43c He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself. leadership respect Geoff Dyer
55ce004 "Another great example of the power of vulnerability -- this time in a corporation -- is the leadership approach taken by Lululemon's CEO, Christine Day. In a video interview with CNN Money, Day explained that she was once a very bright, smart executive who "majored in being right." Her transformation came when she realized that getting people to engage and take ownership wasn't about "the teling" but about letting them come into the idea in a purpose-led way, and that her job was creating the space for others to perform. She chracterized this change as the shift from "having the best idea or problem solving" to "being the best leader of people." leadership vulnerability Brené Brown
9000597 "The great man will come when all of us are feeling great, not when all of us are feeling small. He will ride in at some splendid moment when we all feel that we could do without him. "We are then able to answer in some manner the question, "Why have we no great men?" We have no great men chiefly because we are always looking for them. We are connoisseurs of greatness, and connoisseurs can never be great; we are fastidious, that is, we are small. "When Diogenes went about with a lantern looking for an honest man, I am afraid he had very little time to be honest himself And when anybody goes about on his hands and knees looking for a great man to worship, he is making sure that one man at any rate shall not be great. "Now, the error of Diogenes is evident. The error of Diogenes lay in the fact that he omitted to notice that every man is both an honest man and a dishonest man. Diogenes looked for his honest man inside every crypt and cavern; but he never thought of looking inside the thief." inspirational leadership G.K. Chesterton
dcb3b36 "There is something indefinable in an entrepreneur, and I saw that in Steve," he said. " He was interested not just in engineering, but also the business aspects. I taught him that if you act like you can do something, then it will work. I told him, " Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are." influence leadership will Walter Isaacson
f99ba7d Dentists encourage us to use dental floss daily to promote the health of our teeth; we need to use mental floss to get rid of old thinking and promote the health of our leadership. leadershift leadership leadership-development John C Maxwell
a648ca1 King die hard, in Shakespeare and in life. idolatry leadership Harold Bloom
2270842 The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards. discipleship initiative leadership Richard Llewellyn
c532647 "So often in the church, being a pastor or a "spiritual leader" means being the example of "godly living." A pastor is supposed to be the person who is really good at this Christianity stuff -- the person others can look to as an example of righteousness. But as much as being the person who is the best Christian, who "follows Jesus" the most closely can feel a little seductive, it's simply never been who I am or who my parishioners need me to be. I'm not running after Jesus. Jesus is running my ass down. Yeah, I am a leader, but I'm leading them onto the street to get hit by the speeding bus of confession and absolution, sin and sainthood, death and resurrection -- that is, the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm a leader, but only by saying, "Oh, screw it. I'll go first." -- leadership pastors Nadia Bolz-Weber
aa55079 Violence requires few ideas, but nonviolence requires imagination. influence leadership vision Mark Kurlansky
616273c Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from compassion and emerges from deep inner solidarity with those who are 'subject' to authority. The one who is fully like us, who deeply understands our joys and pains or hopes and desires, and who is willing and able to walk with us, that is the one to whom we gladly give authority and whose 'subjects' we are willing to be. It is the compassionate authority that empowers, encourages, calls forth hidden gifts, and enables great things to happen. True spiritual authorities are located in the point of an upside-down triangle, supporting and holding into the light everyone they offer their leadership to. compassion empathy leadership servant-leadership Henri J.M. Nouwen
89d75a6 Washington not only fit the bill physically, he was also almost perfect psychologically, so comfortable with his superiority that he felt no need to explain himself. (As a young man during the French and Indian war he had been more outspoken, but he learned from experience to allow his sheer presence to speak for itself.) While less confident men blathered on, he remained silent, thereby making himself a vessel into which admirers for their fondest convictions, becoming a kind of receptacle for diverse aspirations that magically came together in one man. leadership speech Joseph J. Ellis
ebd640a "Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy." leadership self-control the-arithmetic Joseph J. Ellis
e0a9c53 "The queer thing is that we do trust you," said Bodisham. "In spite of your -- extremism." "You'd better," said Rud with grim conviction. "I'm right. What is extremism? The whole truth and nothing but the truth. I ask you." "It's because of his extremism you trust him," said Chiffan. "It's because in the last resort we believe in his indiscretion, and know he won't fail us even if we fail ourselves. All leadership is extravagance. Extra-vagance. Going a bit ahead." Rud did not quite understand that. "It's because you know I'm right," he said. "It's because," said Chiffan, letting his thoughts run away with him," to make a new world, the leader must be a fundamentally destructive man, a recklessly destructive man. He breaks his way through the jungle and we follow...We cannot do without you, Rud." leadership truth H.G. Wells
7fc4bb5 Some individuals have the courage to make it, even feel the need to do so; for them the quest is a necessity, not an option. Most people setting out on such journeys are never heard from again, but part of the romance of any field lies in keeping the dream alive, in not settling for what is familiar and comfortable. dream inspirational journey journeys leadership motivation motivational success Gino Segre
6d505d2 Address the solvable first, instructs the father by way of teaching his son crisis management. That way, he counsels, there is less distraction to tackle more daunting issues. leadership priorities Brian Herbert
85ee0ea The process of gaining power employs means which degrade or brutalize the seeker, who awakes to find that power has been possessed at the cost of virtue or moral purpose lost. leadership Barbara W. Tuchman
3b0fcb5 Regardless of whether people have free will, human flourishing requires that they live in an environment in which they are treated as if they did. leadership motivation Charles Murray
378488e Everything interested him and everything excited him. communication curiosity education leadership Barbara W. Tuchman
e40cdea If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking. leadership leadership-development leadership-quotes self-improvement John C Maxwell
c4a811a Confronted by menace or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, and drefine it. leadership pride statecraft strategy Barbara W. Tuchman
a829359 "its size, the House was an environment in which, as one observer put it, members "could be dealt with only in bodies and droves." leadership peer-pressure Robert A. Caro
9abba4b In democracies where the citizens may read, hear or say what they like, the leaders are no better and no worse than the followers. So perhaps, if we cannot blame the leaders because the job of peacemaking is a sorry mess, we can only blame ourselves. democracy leaders leadership peace peacemaking Martha Gellhorn
86deb83 A hunt leader could not show fear, or let it linger in his stomach, for others would sense it soon enough, taste that fear and become possessed by it. They would hesitate when an order was given, and uncertainty would claim their life as readily as the blade of the enemy. fear leadership Raymond E. Feist
081959a Psychology of small things rules. influence leadership manners Stefan Fatsis
0c72715 Lyndon Johnson knew how to make the most of such enthusiasm and how to play on it and intensify it. He wanted his audience to become involved. He wanted their hands up in the air. And having been a schoolteacher he knew how to get their hands up. He began, in his speeches, to ask questions. education leadership motivation rhetoric Robert A. Caro
68f9eb3 "The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers" innovation leadership peer-pressure Adam M. Grant
f80c234 Stories were heirlooms in these parts. inspiration leadership legacy motivation narrative parenthood storytelling Robert Kurson
cecb2a9 As wars dwindled to skirmishes and our strength grew, so David was able to spend less time with military commanders and more with the engineers and overseers who were fanning out throughout the land, digging cisterns, making roads, fortifying, connecting, and generally making a nation out of our scattered people. defensiveness fragmentation leadership Geraldine Brooks
d002522 Groves, with his eye for sizing up people who could get things done, saw the deep ambition Oppenheimer covered with his surface charm. impression leadership personality Garry Wills
05b225c He left to do whatever editors do. leadership submission supervision unity Bill Bryson
86dd20c The advantage of a permanent emergency for the executive is that even trivial things can routinely be accomplished by the crisis presidency. If everything is an emergency, all power is emergency power. emergency leadership reaction Garry wills
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