Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‚What are you doing for others?‘
Martin Luther King, Jr.It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore RooseveltThe Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.
Robert Baden-PowellA successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.
Robert FrostTo win a national championship, you’ve got to be a little lucky.
Lou HoltzGod spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
Florence NightingaleIn order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
Napoleon BonaparteI’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.
Keanu ReevesI have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Mahatma GandhiIt is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.
Jordan PetersonI knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerTruly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.
William ShakespeareA good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Jim RohnIt constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
Fidel CastroAs his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
George H. W. BushThe greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob MarleyThanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.
The WeekndThere’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
Maya AngelouOf course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.
Lando NorrisThe person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale CarnegieGreat dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamWe’ve always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways… It’s lasted now about 14 years, and we’re very pleased to have survived it.
Richard BransonMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Thomas CarlyleWe also can’t try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq – and we should have learned it by now.
Barack ObamaDoing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPower is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Napoleon BonaparteIf I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.
Babe RuthI always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.
Dolly PartonGreat things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.
Steve JobsYou need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. PattonThe mob is the mother of tyrants.
DiogenesThe President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.
Herbert HooverWell, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
Richard BransonThe people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
Steve JobsWinning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.
DJ KhaledNow from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!
Jim MattisLeadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
John F. KennedyWhen I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.
Jimmy CarterI’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
Matthew McConaugheyHumor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.
Jimmy BuffettI can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.
Dolly PartonI cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Queen Elizabeth IISteve Jobs‘ ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
Bill GatesShow me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou HoltzI have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
Queen Elizabeth IIIrrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
Virat KohliYou don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret ThatcherGroups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.
Thomas SowellHow do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.
John C. MaxwellI just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
Clint EastwoodTo remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.
John C. MaxwellMilitary school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.
Robert KiyosakiA conductor can’t be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.
Anthony HopkinsOur schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.
Thomas SowellThere is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
Wayne DyerOvercoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business.
Richard BransonI hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.
LeBron JamesWars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
George S. PattonIf one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.
Pope FrancisLet 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