Inspiring Responsibility Quotes to Help You Take Charge of Your Life - page 25

Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .
Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .
 Kevin Cashman
I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.
 Chinua Achebe
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
 Stendhal
Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.
The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.
 Lee Kuan Yew
When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I'm giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It's fantastic.
 Maria Sharapova
Dedicate yourself to a core set of values. Without them, you will never be able to find personal fulfillment, and you will never be able to lead effectively.
Dedicate yourself to a core set of values. Without them, you will never be able to find personal fulfillment, and you will never be able to lead effectively.
 Kenneth I. Chenault
Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.
 Quint Studer
Emily Dickinson did not like was one of the stated purposes of the college - to convert young women to the Christian cause, finding Christ as their personal savior. She was one of the students who were declared without hope.
 Christopher Benfey
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
 Jean Racine
One must never allow oneself to acquire an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. There's no necessity to burden oneself with absolutes
A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.
 Jack Ma
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.
 Douglas Wilder
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.
The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
 Sydney J. Harris
Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.
 Kevin Powers