Quotes About Leadership

I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

competition will always place your life in the hands of others, while initiative gives you the freedom to choose your own destiny Ã¢â'¬Â¦

What you wish can only be accomplished by changing one person at a time.

GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

SGT Steven C. Ganczewski, a Ranger in editor Chuck Holton's unit, had been asked by a high-school guidance counselor why a young man with his potential would join the Army. Someone with his potential--as if selfless service, even to the point of giving one's life for a cause greater than any one of us--is somehow beneath one's potential. Thankfully, Patrick Henry and George Washington didn't feel that way in 1775.

People don't like him (John Poindexter) for the same reason they don't like me…If you get things done in this bureaucracy you step on toes.

Be the hunter—not the hunted. Never be caught with your guard down. Use good judgment and act in the best interest of our nation.

Had Chamberlain and the Europeans stood up to Hitler in 1938, rather than appeasing him, World War II might have been prevented and the death of 405,399 Americans might have been avoided.

the U.S. Army's seven core values embody the very qualities contained in Paul's first letter to the church he had planted in Corinth: Leadership, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.

Become the change you want to see—those are words I live by. Instead of belittling, uplift.

you are the single biggest influence in your life.

for everyone of us that succeeds, its because there's somebody there to show you the way out

Know what sparks the light in you so that you can illuminate the world.

Conviértete en el cambio que quieres ver; yo vivo estas palabras. En lugar de menospreciar a los demás, apóyalos. En lugar de destruir, reconstruye. En lugar de confundir, guía el camino para que todos nosotros podamos llegar al punto más alto.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

Cumhuriyet kimlerin elinde görüyorsun. Ä°smet PaÅŸa bu adama deÄŸil bakanl?k, ta??s?n diye çantas?n? bile vermez!..

Bizim askerler BaÅŸbakan Menderes'i daha o zamanlar asmam??t?; o da sabah akÅŸam Ä°stanbul'da Kadillak arabas?yla geziyor ve yolunu kesen bütün eski evleri ve konaklar? y?kt?r?p geniÅŸ caddeler açt?r?yordu.

But in the information age, the paradigm for managers has shifted from managing bodies to managing minds. It is true that a body at rest is a body that is not producing. But a mind at rest could be a manager's, and a company's, greatest asset. Employees who are working ceaselessly on a problem may not be giving their brains the space they need to synthesize information and come up with insightful solutions. Think

SAVE. If you want to test a young man and ascertain whether nature made him for a king or a subject, give him a thousand dollars and see what he will do with it. If he is born to conquer and command, he will put it quietly away till he is ready to use it as opportunity offers. If he is born to serve, he will immediately begin to spend it in gratifying his ruling propensity. —Parton.

No man ever climbed to success on another's back.

the flashlight of a potent personality of this kind has opened a rift in our lives and revealed to us hidden capabilities.

It is a great thing to so carry yourself that when people see you coming, they will say to themselves, 'Here comes a winner! Here is a man who dominates everything he touches.

No two things differ more than Hurry and Dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, Dispatch of a strong one.