Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed...

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

David Maister

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Never complain and never explain.

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

George S. Patton

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Robert Schuller

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.

David Maister

I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

David Maister

Before a leader can be ...