Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Leadership Quotes:

"Leadership is not a designated position...it's a phenomena. Leadership is....People following people because they want to...not because they have to." ~Larry Wilson

"Of all the biographies in the world, most deal with men who have talked themselves upwards. More than all of the scientists, writers, saints and doers combined...speakers have always ruled, and they will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them." ~Bruce Barton, Advertising Legend

"If business is your game, don't be a dabbler. Find your passion, pick your game...and focus." ~Jack Welch, Chairman, General Electric

"I never worried about becoming a successful person. I wanted to be a significant person." ~Nido Qubein, Business Author/Consultant, Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor

"In order to do something you've never done, you've got to be someone you've never been ." ~Les Brown

"If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on two areas: learning to write and learning to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively." ~Gerald R. Ford, Former President, U.S.A.

"The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well and when you find it put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have." ~John D. Rockefeller III

"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune." ~ Jim Rohn

"I don't want to find myself in a nursing home someday thinking all I did was play it safe." ~Charlie Eitel, CEO Simmons Mattress

"The people who tell the stories rule society." ~Plato

"Champions aren't made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than skill." ~Muhammad Ali

"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe." ~Winston Churchill

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