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• The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

  Janet Gonzalez-Mena

  Children, Discovery, Joy

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  You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Dream, Team Building

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• Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Believe, Player

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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• The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

  Blaine Lee Pardoe

  Stars, Business, Inspiration

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• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Courage, Freedom, Character

  "Ten Cannots". Book by William J.H. Boetcker, 1916.

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• If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Business, Ikea, Giving

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  William Arthur Ward

  Life, Adventure, Opportunity

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• The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing toward their own problems.

  Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

  Art, Business, Men

  "Men Against Fire : The Problem of Battle Command in Future War". Book by S.L.A. Marshall, p. 160, 1954.

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• It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Over You, Trying, Looks

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• Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better.

  John P. Kotter

  Running, Inspiration, Mean

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• If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

  Benjamin Hooks

  Thinking, Empowering Others, Followers

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• It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Life, Important, Planning

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• If a leader's actions don't back up his or her words, those who are trying to follow will first grow confused.

  Bill Byrd

  Confused, Trying, Firsts

  Bill Byrd (2004). “Sweet Success: 12 Proven Habits of Winning Leaders”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.

  Jan Masaryk

  Looks, Lasts, Dictator

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• You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Inspirational, Wise, Clever

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jul 12, 2011

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• You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.

  Bill Gates

  Motivational, Success, People

  "A Conversation with Bill Gates: Making a Healthier World for Children and Future Generations". "Now" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. May 9, 2003.

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• I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

  Newt Gingrich

  Thinking, Intellectual, Too Much

  "The Politics of Perception" by Connie Bruck, www.newyorker.com. October 9, 1995.

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• Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Motivational, Success, Graduation

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• I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

  John Hume

  Kids, People, Helping

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• Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.57, Bantam

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• A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

  John F. Kennedy

  Courage, Patriotic, Past

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• It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Responsibility, Experts, Familiar

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• All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Don't Give Up, Goal

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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