The best way to get people to think out of the box
is not to create the box in the first place.
--- Martin Cooper
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
--- Andrew Jackson
A leader's most powerful ally is his or her own example.
Leaders don't just talk about doing something; they do it.
--- John Wooden
Commit to your job and your work, whatever it is. Believe in it more than anything else.
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day
trying to do the best you can,
and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you.
--- Sam Walton
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
--- Charles M. Schwab
When you're in your nineties and looking back, it's not going to be how many awards you've won.
It's really what did you stand for.
Did you make a positive difference for people?
--- Elizabeth Dole
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself
in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
--- Andrew Carnegie
People have inside them a certain work ethic, and, if you appeal to them nicely,
they'll respond and give all they can give.
--- Fred Deluca
A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you . . .
And once you learn how good you really are, you never settle for playing anything less than your very best.
--- Reggie Jackson
One person who wants something is a hundred times stronger than a hundred who want to be left alone.
--- Barbara Ward
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation
with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.
--- Barbara Pletcher
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight,
feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
--- Victor Hugo
It is ours to win with--if we can shift gears from decades
of controlling things to a decade of liberty--
turning people loose to dream, dare, and win.
--- Jack Welch
There are all kinds of ways to learn to be a leader.
The foolish way is to think that there is a type
of ideal leader, and try to become that.
The smart way is to . . .
find out where and how you can be effective in making changes in the world.
--- Bruce L. Payne
I once heard a high school coach tell a kid that it was not his job to motivate players,
that they should
show up motivated . . . I could not disagree more with a statement like that.
I believe the main job
of a coach is to motivate. The main job of a leader is to inspire.
--- Mike Krzyzewski