Quotes on Leadership

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth

It's never crowded along the extra mile.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.