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"Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen."
-- Dr. Robert Jarvik (1946-) American inventor

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
-- Jim Rohn - American Business Philosopher, Author and Speaker

"Identifying the core values that define your organization is one of the most important functions of leadership. The success or failure of this process can literally make or break an organization."
--Ken Blanchard: The Heart of a Leader

"It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such."
--Joe Klock, author, speaker and syndicated columnist

"Leadership begins with a state of mind. Anyone can be a leader who is willing to pay attention for opportunities to add value, to make a contribution, and to make a difference – and then to take initiative and make something happen. Do that and people will follow."
-- Joe Tye, America's Values Coach

"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."
-- Tom Landry

"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence in seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."
--Tom Landry (1924–2000), American football player and coach.

"If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them."
-- Jack Welch

"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."
-- Warren Bennis

“Remember that the primary biblical image of servant leadership is that of the shepherd, because the flock is not there for the shepherd; the shepherd is there for the sake of the flock.”
--Ken Blanchard in The Heart of a Leader

“Caring is the basis for community, and the first job of the leader is to build community, a deep feeling of unity, a fellowship.”
-- Richard Farson: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership

"A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done."
-- Ralph Lauren

"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader."
-- Dolly Parton

"Winners get to the top and turn around to see those they have defeated.
Leaders get to the top and turn around to help others achieve the same."
-- Dan Churches

"One of the most sacred relationships among teams of people is that between leaders and followers. This relationship, so central and crucial, depends to an extraordinary degree on the clearly expressed and consistently demonstrated values of the leader as seen through the special lens of followers. That is why leadership and ethics are inextricably woven together."
-- Max DePree: Leadership Jazz

"Spiritual leaders take responsibility, look out for their colleagues and lead by example, not by dictatorial orders and punishment. They don’t get preoccupied by new technology that can never take the place of human touch. They know that no machine, no technology, no new business practice or memo or regulation can replace a simple thing such as love and tenderness and a hug."
-- Charles S. Lauer: Decency

The five most important words a leader can speak are: "I am proud of you."
The four most important are: "What is your opinion?"
The three most important are: "If you please."
The two most important are: "Thank You."
And the most important single word of all is: "You!"

-- Denis Waitley