Category: Leadership Quotes

“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” – Louis D. Brandeis

You’ve only got three choices in life: give up (quit), give in (settle) or give it all you’ve got (determined). 

“Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference.” – unknown 

“The team / leader with confidence to make mistakes, courage to own them and intelligence not to make them again is the team / leader that wins.” -David Pachter

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn

Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them. 

Leaders need to be proactive! Start you day in drive. Take the initiative. Go first. Be positive. Be kind. 

“If our hearts aren’t right, no one will care about our leadership.  Be kind.”  -Oscar Castillo

“Spirit is an invisible force made visible through action.”  -Richard Nel

I was reminded today that before and above all, a great leader is a leader who CARES!

A great leader is like the good shepherd who is willing to lay down his life the his sheep.  As opposed to the hired hand who does not own the sheep.  When the hired hands see the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.  Then the wolf attacks the flock and destroys it.   The hired hands run away because he cares nothing for the sheep.

Leaders simply care to much to RUN.

Don’t follow, LEAD

Don’t copy, CREATE

Don’t start, FINISH

Don’t sit still, MOVE

Don’t fit in, STAND OUT

Don’t sit quietly, SPEAK UP

-Seth Godin