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• My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

  Bernard Law Montgomery

  Motivation, Character, Men

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• A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

  John C. Maxwell

  Promise, Credibility, Credible

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• I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Family, Happiness

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mean, Order, Giving

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• Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation, and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks, and accept responsibility for making change happen.

  Charles E. Rice

  Responsibility, Adventure, Thinking

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• There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.191, Pan Macmillan

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• It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

  Daniel Defoe

  Army, Sheep, Atheism

  Daniel Defoe (1724). “Novels and miscellaneous works: With prefaces and notes, including those attributed to Sir Walter Scott”, p.382

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• Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Character, Technique, Degrees

  Lewis H. Lapham (1985). “High Technology and Human Freedom”

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• The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Leader, Gang, Speed

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.73, John Wiley & Sons

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• It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

  John Steinbeck

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• It all comes down to this:
  If you want one year of happiness, grow grain
  If you want 10 years of happiness, grow trees
  If you want 100 years of happiness, grow people

  Harvey Mackay

  Years, People, Tree

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• The best form of saying is doing.

  Che Guevara

  Form

  "Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution".

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• The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Powerful

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.38, McGraw Hill Professional

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  A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Powerful, Role Models, Roles

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• There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Inspirational, Change, Freedom

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.21, FastPencil Inc

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• It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Learning, Important, Essentials

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• To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!

  Laozi

  Hate, People, Honor

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• Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.

  John A. Lejeune

  Military, Character, Command And Control

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• The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1966). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1824-1838”, p.197, Harvard University Press

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• I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

  Steve Mariucci

  Sports, Mindfulness, Watches

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• If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.

  John Ilhan

  Jobs, Done, Staff

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• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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• A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Educational, Work

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