"FOR LEADERS & TEACHERS"
"I had the perfect dream last night... everyone pitched in."
Written in 2008 by A.B. Smith --- Michigan
I woke one morning with this thought from a dream I had.
"Nothing is easier than fault-finding; no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character are required to set up a grumbling business."
Robert West
"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sushma Ravikiran --- India
"You can buy someone's time, you can buy someone's physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of skilled muscular motions per hour or day. But you cannot buy enthusiasm; you cannot buy initiative, you cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things."
Clarence Francis
"A boss is a person who needs someone to help them. You are actually the most important person in their business life. Without you, they would have to do everything themselves. Think about that the next time you are not feeling too good about work. You are helping someone no matter what job you are in."
Copyright © 2008 Marion Licchiello
"You don't get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it."
Lou Gehrig
"People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise."
W. Somerset Maugham
"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."
Andrew Carnegie
"Big jobs usually go to the people who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Always Remember: Your reputation walks into the room before you do."
Copyright © 2007 Steven R. Jaffe, DC
"Each one of us has our own ideas, theories and plans for our community. But it takes us as a whole; envisioning, planning, implementing these new roadways into our future for success to happen."
Copyright © 2008 Lynnetta M. Johnson
"Small men always talk about problems, great men always talk about solutions and business geniuses find opportunities in these problems."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Vishal Sharma --- India
"Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity."
Vince Lombardi
"The companies that survive longest are the ones that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul."
Charles Handy
"A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others."
Norman Shidle
"Peace comes not from conflict in our mind, but from the ability to adjust to it."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Jithu Menon --- India
In business, there will be ups & downs. This quote helps me to remain calm.
"Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents."
Kenneth Blanchard
"A great man is always willing to be little."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
Margaret Thatcher --- Submitted by Deepti Pillai --- India
"I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is."
Donald Trump
"Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment."
Dr. Stephen Covey
"The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully."
Walter Lippman
"Each thought wants to be transmitted!"
Alex Mero --- Submitted by Anthony Veron --- Spain
Quote from the novel: The Legend
"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."
Charles Kettering
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