Become a Great Leader: Quotes to Guide You - page 32
Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.
Assata Shakur
Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.
Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.
Jim Harrick
People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.
Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.
Kenneth I. Chenault
A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.
[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.
Emma Thompson
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different.
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.
Pat Riley
We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.
The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete domination of the party. The moderate, mainstream and pragmatic leaders of the party have been pushed out or died off.
Jonathan Chait
And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.
Tony Dungy
When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?
William Blum
The best meetings get real work done. When your people learn that your meetings actually accomplish something, they will stop making excuses to be elsewhere.
Larry Constantine
The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.
Kevin Kelly
