The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change.
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
Confront your inadequacies and push your personal boundaries: It's the surest way to grow, improve and expand the scope of your influence.
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
To have a successful career, you have to approach it as an entrepreneur, even if you are working for someone else. Your career is your own private business. You have to market yourself and your abilities and knowledge just as you would a product or service.
A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader, you need courage born of integrity in order to be capable of powerful leadership. To achieve this courage, you must search your heart, and make sure your conscience is clear and your behavior is beyond reproach.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
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.
I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.
Clarity affords focus.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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