The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
if you don’t have peace, it isn’t because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.
Stay focus on what God has assigned me to do. Keep my mind on what I am doing/
Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.
Success is…knowing your purpose in life,growing to reach your maximum potential, andsowing seeds that benefit others.
Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.
He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.
Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.
As you start your day, are you wondering what you will reap, or are you wondering what you will sow?
Leadership isn’t about winning. It’s about bringing people with you to the finish line.
Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it
People are never able to outperform their self-image.
If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.
Nothing’s work unless you’d rather be doing something else.
Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
Advice is what we ask for when we already knew the answer but wish we didn’t.
A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
Experience alone isn’t a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.
It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.
The company owner doesn’t need to win. The best idea does.
You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.
Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.
The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’s successes.
One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.
You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.
The closest to perfection people ever come is when they write their resumes .
In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn’t have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don’t understand that it’s only temporary.
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.
How to prepare someone for leadership:I do it.I do it and you watch.You do it and I watch.You do it.You do it and someone else watches.
If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.
Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.
Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.
A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.
Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time it’s learned.
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best.
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn’t come alive until the leader models it.
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.
The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.