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Leadership Quotes
"Leadership is the art of intentional living."
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"I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents."
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"America must be a light to the world, not just a missile."
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"People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction."
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"To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble."
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"{We} have not to crown the exceptional man who knows he can rule, rather we must crown the much more exceptional man who knows he can't."
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"My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don't care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that - building something that actually makes a really big change in the world."
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"Fit to govern? No, not fit to live."
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"They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles."
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"Where my previous motivation had been a self-serving ambition, my new service mindset was dedicated to serving a vision greater than myself. Within a year, I quadrupled my income, and then I doubled it every year thereafter. This service mindset quickly taught me that by helping others achieve their goals, I could more easily achieve my own."
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"If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders."
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"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."
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"In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination."
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"There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness."
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"It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen."
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"I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."
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"At the end of the day, we need a leader who thinks with his head but leads with his heart."
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"One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position."
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"Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising."
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"At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States."
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"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end."
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"It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward."
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"Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team."
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"I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions."
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"To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way."
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"Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today."
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"As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade."
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"Empower others as you climb the ladder of success; true leaders uplift those around them."
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"We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything."
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"Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank."
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"The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete."
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"With the coming of radio as a mass medium, suddenly the world changed. It became about, 'can this leader project emotional connection through the way he speaks on the radio?' And the anxiety about whether he could do that, we've inherited."
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"I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power."
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"Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team."
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"A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself."
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"It is our task to provide policies suited to the different situations of today."
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"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."
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"I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now."
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"A star wants to see himself rise to the top.A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top."
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"There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience."
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"It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set."
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"We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?"
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"This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible."
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"Africans must change their mind and actions. The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation."
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"Do not hire those who are incapable. Do not fire those who are capable. A small, devoted army is greaterthan a large, indifferent one."
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"The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader."
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"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."
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"All the progress in science can't be used to build a smell receptor as capable as the one that a true leader possesses-to smell trouble or just something fishy."
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