Our destiny is not written for us, but by us. Barack Obama
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. H. Ross Perot
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller
If your objective is to be as good as you can be, then you’re going to want criticism. Ray Dalio
The test of organization is not genius. It is its capacity to make common people achieve uncommon performance. Peter F. Drucker
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. Peter F. Drucker
Leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory. Jocko Willink
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it … Start doing it. Jocko Willink
To be more requires a man who is conceited enough to believe that the world really needs him and depends on his getting into power. Peter F. Drucker
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. Henrik Ibsen
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. Colin Powell
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Jesse Jackson
Leadership is a mindset in action. So don’t wait for the title. Leadership isn’t something that anyone can give you – you have to earn it and claim it for yourself. Travis Bradberry
It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban
You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title. Travis Bradberry
It is well to respect the leader. Learn from him. Observe him. Study him. But don’t worship him. Believe you can surpass. Believe you can go beyond. Those who harbor the second-best attitude are invariably second-best doers. David J. Schwartz
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all that we are for what we can become. DeSeaux
To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations. Anna Garlin Spencer
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream. Warren Bennis
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal. E. Joseph Cossman
A year from now you will wish you had started today. Karen Lamb
The task of the leader is to get their people from where they are to where they have not been. Henry Kissinger
It’s your unlimited power to create and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life. Tony Robbins
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find the happiness that you had thought could never be yours. Dale Carnegie
Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own. Alan Cohen
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker
We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg
The value of achievement lies in the achieving. Albert Einstein
Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey. Charles S. Lauer
