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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, People, Management

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.198, John Wiley & Sons

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• Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

  Simon Sinek

  Motivational, Work, Persistence

  Twitter post from Sep 19, 2012

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• Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspiring, Fear, Famous Inspirational

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• People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Attitude

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 22, 2017

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  Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

  John Adams

  Character, Persistence, Power

  "I’ll Vote for That" by Katharine Rose, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.

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• To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.

  Aubrey Malphurs

  Christian, Leader, Right Place

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  Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

  Simon Sinek

  Business, Communication, Thinking

  "Simon Sinek's Logistics Of Leadership". www.askmen.com.

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• Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Inspirational, Change, Future

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• I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

  Robert E. Lee

  Motivational, Inspiring, Trust

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• The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

  Walter Lippmann

  Inspirational, Change, Success

  New York Herald Tribune 14 Apr. 1945

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• Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

  Albert Einstein

  Trust, Truth, Honesty

  "Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb".

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• The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Greatness

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• You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Funny, Relationship, Business

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• I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

  Laozi

  Humility, Men, Three

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Hope

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

  Tom Peters

  Vision, Management, Nurturing

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

  Red Auerbach

  Sports, Communication, Coaching

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• Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Change, Peace

  "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey, (p. 101), 1989.

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• No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.

  Steve Miller

  Running, Teacher, Struggle

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• When the sea was calm all ships alike showed mastership in floating.

  William Shakespeare

  Sea, Floating, Ships

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• It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Nice

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

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• No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

  W. H. Auden

  Inspirational, Joy, Empowering Others

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• Don't find fault, find a remedy.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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