Larry Bird
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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W. Clement Stone
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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David Joseph Schwartz
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
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J. P. Morgan
Go as far as you can see when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
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Henry A. Kissinger
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Warren G. Bennis
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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Tony Blair
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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Peter Drucker
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
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John C. Maxwell
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
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Henry Miller
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
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Bo Bennett
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
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Chuck Tanner
There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
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Andrew Carnegie
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
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Ray Kroc
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
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Nolan Bushnell
Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
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Ray Kroc
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
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Henry A. Kissinger
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.
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Tom Peters
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
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Thomas Fuller
In fair weather prepare for foul.
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Andrew Carnegie
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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Tom Hopkins
Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
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Roy E. Disney
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.
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Casey Stengel
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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Bernard Baruch
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
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Barbara Sher
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Vaclav Havel
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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Mary Kay Ash
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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Harvey S. Firestone
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
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Barbara Sher
Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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Jesse Jackson
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
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Warren G. Bennis
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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Newt Gingrich
I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual I'm too abstract I think too much.
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J. Paul Getty
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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E. Joseph Cossman
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
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Harvey S. Firestone
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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Margaret Fuller
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
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David Joseph Schwartz
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
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Duke Ellington
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
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David Ogilvy
Leaders grasp nettles.
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Ray Kroc
You're only as good as the people you hire.
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Michael Eisner
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
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Charles de Gaulle
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
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Scott McNealy
Get the best people and train them well.
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E. Joseph Cossman
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
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Mary Kay Ash
Every silver lining has a cloud.
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Steve Ballmer
Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.
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