Quotes of the Week
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~John Quincy Adams, American Diplomat
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. ~John Buchan, 15th Governor General of Canada
To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate … When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ”We did it ourselves!” ~Lao-tsu, Ancient Chinese Philosopher
Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead. ~Ross Perot, American Businessman
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. ~Eric Hoffer, American Writer and Philosopher