Dumb Leaders

Aspire to inspire before we expire. - Unknown

Confidence comes from being prepared. - John Wooden

Leadership is an ever-evolving position. - Mike Krzyzewski

A team is a reflection of its leadership. - Unknown

Hunger will lead a fox out of the forest. - Poland Proverb

Perfection is impossible. Excellence is not. - Rob Feenie

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. - Fletcher Knebel

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

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. - Woodrow Wilson

Management is a practice where art, science, and craft meet. - Henry Mintzberg

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. - Sigmund Freud

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. - Bill Bradley

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. - Milton Berle

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer. - Leo Rosten

The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis. - Brian Tracy

Tough decisions... if you can't make them, you can't lead. - John C Maxwell

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. - Leo Durocher

If you want to lead the people, you must first speak to their eyes. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Winning is nice if you don't lose your integrity in the process. - Arnold Horshak

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

Wisdom is knowing which road is the right one; integrity is taking it. - Unknown

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

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed. - David Jeremiah

The best time management strategy: don't find the time, find the why. - Chris Guillebeau

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

Being positive in a negative situation is not naive, it's leadership. - Ralph Marston

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. - Henry David Thoreau

We have to make our inspiration first before our inspiration can build us. - Sanjive K Sharma

Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm. - John O'Hara

If I'm traveling, I'll pack socks in my bag - really cute furry ones. - Nicki Minaj

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

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. - Adlai Stevenson

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. - Charles Dudley Warner

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. - Zig Ziglar

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

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people. - Brian Tracy

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. - Bo Bennett

Leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. - Mahatma Gandhi

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. - William H Gass

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. - Criss Jami

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. - David Starr Jordan

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

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. - John C Maxwell

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try. - Unknown

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Henry David Thoreau

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. - John Calvin

I think of inspiration as desire infused with spirit and topped with an almost reckless optimism. - Fred White

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

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. - Harvey Mackay

Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. - Ralph Blum

Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none. - I Ching

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

Leadership is about creating powerful human currents moving enthusiastically and creatively in the right direction. - Unknown

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

Don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. - Ella Fitzgerald

Unless a man has considerable skill and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. - Townsend Whelen

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi Jr.

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden.
My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead. - Gail Carson Levine

Finance functions lose the potential to steer their organizations to success when they defer performance management to other functions. - Jack Alexander

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

Bill Gates has always been a mentor and inspiration for me even before I knew him. Just growing up, I admired how Microsoft was mission-focused. - Mark Zuckerberg

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people; they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. - Ken Blanchard

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times. - Mario Batall

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. - Mary F Berry