"FOR LEADERS"
"People will only reach as high as the standard is set. It is the leader's duty to set the standard high, and then to come behind them to help them reach that standard. This is true motivation and true leadership!"
Rev. Travis J. Hedrick --- Submitted by Juli H. --- Washington
The reality that people will only achieve the highest standard that is set is true. What is even more true is that while the leader sets the standard, they must be willing to help others reach it too.
"When ONE person does a great deal, little is accomplished. However, when EVERYONE does a little, great things are accomplished."
Written in 2009 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Shailendra Singh --- India
"Be focused on today's priorities, but be motivated by tomorrow's possibilities."
Copyright © 2009 Joe M. Galante (Winnipeg, Canada)
"True leaders produce their successors."
Written in 2009 by Tom Russo Jr. --- Texas
I believe that I have been fortunate to have several great leaders in my life that have helped shape me into the person I am. Their true measure of success has been through all of the people they have taught along the way to be just as successful.
"Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!"
Thomas A. Edison
"Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow... they have form but are formless.
They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles; for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost."
Sun Tzu --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal
"If you want to catch a fish, give the fish what they want, not what you want."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Saroj S. --- Sri Lanka
"Be ready to PAY and then you PLAY. First you take PAIN then you make a GAIN. The law of nature is that first you SOW and then you REAP. You SOW LESS and REAP MORE. If one defies this law of nature and makes a GAIN before taking the PAIN, then one passes through more PAIN than the GAIN made."
Copyright © 2009 Sreemoy Ghose --- India
One should believe in the law of nature and faithfully undertake the tasks to reach his dreams and goals. Dreams do come true ONLY if one has paid the price first and sowed before reaping. Since price has to be paid anyway - it is better to pay first and play later instead of play first and pay later.
"Gandhi did not fail us. We, together, failed him."
Written in 2005 by Vinod Tyagi --- India
I have selected this quote because most of Indian leaders and thinkers publicly and privately say that the social -political- economic thought of Gandhi is not practical in Indian situations. They say so to keep the country corrupt and poor.
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."
Colin Powell
"Adopt, adapt, change..."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Ana Fuentez --- Texas
"It's not WHO'S right, it's WHAT'S right."
Author Unknown ---Submitted by Jax T. --- Louisiana
"During a personal lecture with an instructor, I was told that 'Great Minds Think Alike'. I pondered that for a while and replied, 'Great Minds Think For Themselves!'"
Written in 2009 by Matthew Alcala --- California
People need to learn how to be more original. Everyone is following the footsteps of the older generation but they need to come up with new, more advanced ideas to express our advancement in technology as well as education. Take advantage of the education that you receive because not everyone gets it.
"You cannot fully conquer kingdoms until you have conquered yourself. Leaders must learn how to master themselves and their environment."
Written in 2008 by Akinremi David Oladipupo --- Nigeria
This can sharpen the thoughts of those inspired to be a leader.
"People who believe in themselves believe in others too because they always have the ability to turn anything done by others that may be bad into good."
Written in 2009 by Pranjal Borbora --- India
I have seen people holding high positions without having faith in others and hence fail to facilitate team work.
"Your gift will not only make room for you, but for others as well."
Written in 2008 by Brenda M. Lewis --- Bahamas
I selected this one because sometimes we think that our talents are only for us to benefit from and that it only open doors for us, but it is also open doors for others as well.
"Education is a powerful tool to remove ignorance. It is a dynamic aid to help people lead better lives."
Written in 2009 by Sumitha Uday --- India
I wrote this quotation at a point when I realized the opportunities in front of me, as a result of my education. Education has removed Ignorance in my life. I can read and understand to make better decisions.
"Teaching at its best can be a great experience, almost sublime, when both the teacher and the taught try to fathom the depths of knowledge together. "
Author Unknown --- Submitted by J.M. Manchanda --- India
It presents the teacher and the taught as equal partners in the quest for knowledge and puts them on the same pedestal.
"Finances respond to dreams that are activated by labor. Challenges come not only to change but to charge you to succeed within a time frame. Have a concept and lead the way. It's only a matter of time. You will be the talk of the world."
Copyright © 2009 Bassey Ndon
"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now."
P.T. Barnum
"Trust is a risk game. The leader must ante up first."
Irwin Federman
"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down 70 times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number 71!"
Richard M. Devos
"The art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of our great men."
Captain J.A. Hatfield
"Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind."
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
"Not a Truth or a Lie, Not Right or Wrong, Not Good or Bad, Perception is just a point of view, Yours or mine."
Copyright © 2009 Joyal Mehta
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
George Washington --- Submitted by Matthias Schmelz --- Portugal
"The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."
Samuel Smiles --- Submitted by Shilpy Lamba --- India
"All inspiration begins with an open mind."
Written in 2009 by Raymond C. Nolan --- Alabama
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