Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Thought for Today

"Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done."

~~~~~ Vance Packard

Monday, May 5, 2014

Thought for Today

"No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one."

~~~~~ Archibald Wavell

Monday, November 11, 2013

Thought for Today

"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."

~~~~~ George S. Patton

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Thought for Today

"Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done."

~~~~~ Vance Packard

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Thought for Today

"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

~~~~~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Friday, October 14, 2011

Thought for Today

"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."

~~~~~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Thought for Today

"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes."

~~~~~ E. F. Schumacher

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Thought for Today

"Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves – and by which they are willing to be judged."

~~~~ Frederick W. Smith

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Thought for Today

"No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one."

~~~~~ Archibald Wavell

Friday, March 18, 2011

Thought for Today

"A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world."

~~~~~ John Updike

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Thought for Today

“His career delivers this message: It can be wiser to follow than to lead. Let the innovators hit the beaches and take the losses; if you hold back and follow, you can clean up in peace and quiet.”

~~~~~ David Gelernter

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Thought for Today

"A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten'."

~~~~~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

That, in a nutshell, is why Obama is not, never was, and never will be a leader.