Pond Management

You manage things; you lead people. - Grace M Hopper

Character is what you think in the dark. - Dwight L. Moody

Leadership is an ever-evolving position. - Mike Krzyzewski

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. - Edward Appleton

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. - Joseph Le Conte

Integrity is the one thing a leader cannot do without. - John C Maxwell

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him float. - Unknown

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. - Oscar Levant

Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Unto ourselves our own life is necessary, unto others our character. - St. Augustine

The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. - Hasidic Proverb

Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself. - Amit Kalantri

While your circumstances are beyond your control, your character is not. - John C Maxwell

If the people you lead have lost their spark, try looking in the mirror. - Susan Fowler

To err is human. To blame it on somebody else shows management potential. - Unknown

The confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge. - Unknown

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. - Harvey S Firestone

Character and personal force are the only investments that are worth anything. - Walt Whitman

You can only go as high on the leadership ladder as your character will allow you. - John C Maxwell

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard

It requires less character to discover the faults of others than is does to tolerate them. - J. Petit Senn

Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. - David Storey

The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical. - Murray Walker

Character is, in the long run, the decisive factor in the life of individuals and of nations alike. - Theodore Roosevelt

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to. - Franklin P. Adams

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. - Robert Frost

What we value shapes our character and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. - Unknown

A man of character does not expect to be liked by everyone, nor does he worry about being liked by anyone. - Unknown

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. - James L Fisher

Don't be accusing me of taking a bribe. You know what they call that, "definition of character." - Archie Bunker

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. - Ernest Hemingway

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. - Blaise Pascal

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill. - Helen Keller

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. - Stephen Covey

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. - Zig Ziglar

Leadership is all about caring, daring and sharing. Caring for people, Daring to Act fearlessly, and Sharing the success with all. - Sujit Lalwani

I think Mr. Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around. - Homer Simpson

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. - Johnny Unitas