How A Leader Leads

Excellence always sells. - Earl Nightingale

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. - Isaiah Berlin

Your compassion is a skill that can be exercised. - Simeon Lindstrom

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. - Stephen Covey

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident. - Dale Carnegie

Confidence is the thing you had before you knew better. - Unknown

Sometimes the wrong choices lead us to the right places. - Unknown

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake. - Larry Hagman

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. - Louis Nizer

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis

The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears. - JRR Tolkien

You can't create greater followers under poor leadership. - Unknown

What'd ya think, you were gonna pull the wolf over my eyes? - Archie Bunker

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration. - Cicero

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. - Henry Mintzberg

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved. - Michael Ende

Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly. - Shaquille O'Neal

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. - Omar N. Bradley

In our world, more often the truth is 'Money talks and integrity walks.' - Bill Welker

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

An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy. - Ravi Zacharias

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The common traits among all successful people are desire, determination and confidence. - Joe Segal

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word. - Brian Tracy

Leadership is all about influence and everything rises and falls on leadership... everything. - John C Maxwell

Leadership is the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done. - Vance Packard

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. - Arnold H. Glasow

Leaders come in two flavors: expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both. - Barbara Corcoran

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. - Edmund Burke

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs. - Rem Koolhaas

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

Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management. - Roman Abramovich

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-Tzu

Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out. - Chuck Jones

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would say that the ghosts you chase you never catch. - John Malkovich

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked. Leadership is defined by results, not attributes. - Peter F Drucker

Don't hire a copycat of yourself. Look for people whose skills are the opposite of yours. Dare to emphasize your weaknesses. - Diane Janknegt

Silence is interesting. It can show confusion, indifference and sadness. But it can also show determination, confidence and caring. - Maxime Lagace

Wolves directly affect the entire ecosystem, not just moose populations, their main prey, because less moose equals more tree growth. - Rolf Peterson

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien