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Great Quotes

"Reason and judgement are the qualities of a leader!"

- Tacitus

"Energy without focus dissapates into purposeless busyness or, in its most destructive form, a serious of wasteful failures."

-Heike Bruch

"You can question a person's judgement but you should try not to question their motive."

Some of my favorite quotes...

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of a majority it is time to pause and reflect."

Mark Twain

"There is no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh, it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything," and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyway." Either way, nothing happens."

Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagoina

"As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. Then man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Favorite Quotes

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die everyday."

Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821

"Space I can recover. Time, never."

Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821

"For what the leaders are, that as a rule, will the men below them be."

Xenophon 430-355 BC

"A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before."

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

Favorite Quotes

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

Lou Holtz

"The desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."

John le Carre

"In matters of style swim with the current; in matters of principle stand like a rock."

Thomas Jefferson

Favorite Quotes

" Don't go to your grave with a life unused!"

Bobby Bowden

"The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself, but when he plays the role that destiny has for him."

Soren Kirkegaard

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road....turn back."

Turkish Proverb

"Those closest to you will strech your vision or choke your dreams!"

John C. Maxwell

Favorite Quotes

"People acting together as a group can accomplish things that no individual alone could ever hope to bring about."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"The crucial role of language in human evolution was not the ability to exchange ideas, but the increased ability to cooperate."

Fritjof Capra

Favorite Quotes

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”

Plato, Philosopher

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”

Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

The Essence of Leadership

"Truth advances and error recedes step by step only; and to do our fellow-men the most good in our power, we must lead where we can, follow where we cannot, and still go with them watching always the favorable moment for helping them to another step."

Thomas Jefferson, 1814

Favorite Quotes

“The Future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.”

John Sculley, Former CEO of Pepsi and Apple Computer

“Value your listening and reading time at roughly ten times your talking time.  This will assure you that you are on a course of continuous learning and self-improvement.”

Gerald McGinnis, President and CEO of Respironics, Inc.

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

John Wooden, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach