Quotes about Leadership

Well, why were they dumb enough to vote for Leah anyway, is what I asked Nelson. If they knew it was going to get Tata Kuvudundu so riled up? Nelson said some of them that voted for her were put out with Tata Ndu, and some were put out with Father, so everybody ended up getting what they didn't want, and now had to go along with it. Nobody even cares that much one way or another about Leah, is what Nelson said. Oh, well, I told him. That is what we call Democracy.

If I got to make just one law, it would be that the men who make the decisions to drop bombs would first, every time, have to spend one whole day taking care of a baby. We were not made to do this killing thing. I swear. Back up. It's a big mistake.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

compass represents our vision, values, principles, mission, conscience, direction—what we feel is important and how we lead our lives.

Leadership is affirming people's worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

Leadership can eventually become a choice not a position.

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual has phrased it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic." No

Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon. As well as enabling us to choose our response to particular circumstances, this empowers us to create circumstances. Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

The two additional unique human endowments that enable us to expand our proactivity and to exercise personal leadership in our lives are imagination and conscience.