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• Leaders are like gardeners ... As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

  Susan Collins

  Generations, Next, Responsible

  Susan Collins (1996). “Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success”, Barrytown/ Station Hill Press

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• My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

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• Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way'

  Catherine DeVrye

  Change, Business, Done

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• The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, People, Politics

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• The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Being A Leader, Managers, Asks

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader”, Basic Books (AZ)

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  The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspirational, Motivational, Poor Quality

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

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• Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

  Warren G. Bennis

  Opportunity, Conflict, Authority

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues”, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

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• A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Greatness

  An address at the Episcopal National Cathedral, Washington D.C, March 31, 1968.

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• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

  Babe Ruth

  Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

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

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• Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

  Stevie Wonder

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Ideas, People

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.63, Penguin

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• Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

  Brian Tracy

  People, Achievement, Ordinary

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Aug 28, 2013

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• I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.

  Yitzhak Shamir

  Inspiring, Strong, Believe

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Order, Giving, Vision

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• Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Team, Inspiration, People

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• In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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• And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

  Erica Jong

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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• Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

  Brian Tracy

  Helping Others, People, Entrepreneur

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• Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Vision, Doe

  Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.224, Lexington Books

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• No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Confidence, Money

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• You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

  Donald Trump

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement

  Twitter post from

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• If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.

  Ken Blanchard

  Organization, Becoming, Destination

  Ken Blanchard (2009). “Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations”, p.13, FT Press

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• The true leader is always led.

  Carl Jung

  Leader, True Leader

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