- The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
- Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
- You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
- A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose, a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.
- “Failing forward” is the ability to get back up after you’ve been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.
- If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.
- The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
- If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.
- Leaders never outgrow the need to change.
- Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
- The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.
- Most people have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.
- Although it’s admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it’s more desirable to be smart-working.
- You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
- The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.
- A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
- A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
- Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.
- Reaching the top is a monumental achievement, but remaining there may be the most spectacular feat of all.
- Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.
- If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading…
- Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.
- It’s true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.
- People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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