Quotes on Leadership

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

Strong leadership is essential in the face of health crises. Complex public health emergencies demand a collective response with high-level political and diplomatic engagement at both the national and global levels.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, _x000D_ _x000D_ and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.

A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit.

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.