Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
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.
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