Too many kings can ruin an army
I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.
Today, words. Tomorrow, sticks and stones. And the day after that?
A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them.
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
In every company, there is not only the active and passive sex, but, in both men and women, a deeper and more important sex of mind, namely, the inventive or creative class of both men and women, and the uninventive or accepting class.
Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.
Half-heartedness never won a battle.
Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.
Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit.
If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.
Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership. . . . I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone. . . thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority.
We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.
What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.
We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.
The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.
A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.