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“Effective leaders let people discover things for themselves.”
Source: Who, Me Lead a Group?
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.”
“We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.”
Source: As it Seems to Me: Being Some Philistine Essays Concerning Several Things
Source: A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written
“Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.”
“Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.”
“The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.”
Source: The Essential Bennis
“That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
Source: The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success
“I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.”
“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”
Source: Iacocca: An Autobiography
“I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.”
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.”
“A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.”
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”
“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.”
“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”
“In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.”
“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.”
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
Source: The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”
Source: Across the Universe