Become a Great Leader: Quotes to Guide You - page 10

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
 Bernard Baruch
I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can look at it in the right way, if you can accept it and enjoy it in the right way.
 Margaret Cho
I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.
 David Blunkett
I foresee a Liberal vote so massive and the number of Liberal MPs so great that we shall hold the initiative in the new Parliament.
 David Steel
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
 Jane Harman
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
Your number one skill as a leader is the ability to influence
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
 Tom Landry
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry.
 Unknown
Freedom of speech, the right to dissent, the right to protest, that is what America is about. And politically every leader in this country and every American has got to stand up against any form of violence. That is unacceptable.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
 Bela Karolyi
Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
 Howard Schultz