Quotes About Leadership

Most coaches don't want to do something unless they think of it. Morgan has never had that kind of ego. He sees something good, someone gives him an idea, if it makes sense to him, he uses it. He never needs credit, never needs to prove he's the smartest guy in the room.

Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup.

Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

Players are people, not horses. You don't handle them. You work with them, you coach them, you teach them, and, maybe most important, you listen to them.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

and moved on, working with the selectmen or mayors because it was better for

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.

If you want small group leaders to make a weekly investment in kids, then you need to make a weekly investment in small group leaders.

You are the leader. You can't do away with tension. You can manage it.

you changed when the cost associated with not changing outweighed the price you had to pay to change. When it comes to our ministries, we tend to be slow to change because we underestimate what it will cost if we don't change. It is possible for us to embrace a style of ministry that becomes outdated simply because it is easier to maintain instead of change.

IN ORDER TO INSPIRE AUTHENTIC FAITH IN YOUR FEW, YOU MUST FIRST PRACTICE AND PRIORITIZE AUTHENTIC FAITH IN YOUR OWN LIFE.

These pages explore the beliefs, behaviors, and habits that drive leaders who make small groups a priority. These leaders share a common conviction that kids and teenagers need other adults besides their parents. They need other adults … who believe in God. who believe in them. and who give them a place to belong.

And one of your most challenging tasks as an SGL is learning to accept and manage the tensions that come up in group.

Leaders secure in their call will charge hell with a water pistol.

Board members, officers, executives, directors, managers, client service experts and geniuses: We, the consumers, want you to succeed. We dearly want to believe you know what you're doing — and that you care about our respect and appreciation. It doesn't take much to make us feel both looked after and loyal. But it doesn't take much to make us feel like fools, either, and we're less afraid to talk about it.

The very reason why man get power is so that they may facilitate. Facilitate organizational, team and individual growth. People must celebrate not bemourn the fact that you are in power.

a politician's capacity to ignore contradictory evidence

The moral achievement of statesmen must be judged in terms which take account of the limitations of human society which the statesman must, and the prophet need not, consider.

The highest type of leadership maintains itself by its intrinsic worth, sans panoply, pomp and power. Of course, there are never enough real leaders to go around. Wherefore it becomes necessary to dress some men up and by other artificial means to give them a prestige and a power which they could not win by their own resources.

that the failure of governments is due to the pressure of economic interest upon them rather than to the "limited capacities of human wisdom.

Every company wants one, yet few companies have one: a compelling strategy.