Warren G. Bennis
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
As if !
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
A simple I love you means more than money.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Appreciate me now, and avoid the rush.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Bitterness imprisons life, love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life, love empowers it. Bitterness sours life, love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life, love heals it. Bitterness blinds life, love anoints it's eyes.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
Security is a kind of death.
Love is the emblem of eternity, it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
Things do not change we change.
High expectations are the key to everything.
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
The time is always right to do what is right.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
I scoured many websites, and consulted my friends, my family and our readers for these pearls of wisdom. Now I want to do that again, except this time, I bring to you,
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Happiness is a state of mind.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
If they move, kill ' em.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Love the giver more than the gift.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Hey, lady !
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Truth fears no questions.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
For one person to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the last test and proof, the work for which all else is but preparation.
Great men are not always wise.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.