Inspiring Quotes - Page 30

• Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights

  David Maister

  Rights, Giving, Nagging

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• Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.

  David Maister

  Successful, Visionaries, Professionalism

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• Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

  David Maister

  Giving, Labels, Professionalism

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• Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.

  David Maister

  Teaching, Students, Professionalism

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• The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time.

  David Maister

  Winning, Long, Doe

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• Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.

  David Maister

  Focus, Want, Professionalism

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• What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.

  David Maister

  Determination, Persistence, Inspire

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• When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

  David Maister

  Proud, Professionalism, Impress

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• More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

  David Maister

  People, Quality, Professionalism

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• No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission.

  David Maister

  Believe, Giving, Professionalism

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• Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

  David Maister

  Leader, Succeed, Professionalism

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• Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter -because my primary concern is your integrity.

  David Maister

  Integrity, Helping Others, Leader

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• I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

  David Maister

  Believe, Ifs And, Goal

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• I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

  David Maister

  Hands, Supportive, Needs

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• Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.

  David Maister

  Determined, Professionalism, Consequence

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• If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.

  David Maister

  Thinking, Clients, Professionalism

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• It is not our ability that limits us but our view/belief of what we can achieve.

  John O'Callaghan

  Success, Business, Views

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• To think is not enough, you must think of something.

  Jules Renard

  Success, Business, Thinking

  Jules Renard (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.138, Tin House Books

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• His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Moral Leadership, Peaceful

  Statement on the death of Vaclav Havel, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 18, 2011.

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• I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Hard Work, Responsibility

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you can sell is knowledge. Revolutions in technology and communication have created an entire economy of high-tech, high-wage jobs that can be located anywhere there's an internet connection. And today, a child in Chicago is not only competing for jobs with one in Boston, but thousands more in Bangalore and Beijing who are being educated longer and better than ever before.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Children, Communication

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or mentality around school reform, and embrace a both-and mentality. Good schools will require both the structural reform and the resources necessary to prepare our kids for the future.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, School, Kids

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Children, Giving

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I remind you of this because as you set out to live your own stories of success and achievement, it's now your turn to help keep it this way.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Odds, America

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• But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions in communications and technology have broken down barriers across the world, it has given more power to both our competitors and our enemies.

  Barack Obama

  Communication, Technology, Years

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