“Lead from the front — but don t leave your base behind.”
“Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.”
“When people see their influence in a shared vision of the future, they become owners.”
“The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs. The duty of government is to help them do it. This is the pasta of politics. The inspired leader, the true prince, no matter how great, can only be sauce upon the pasta. --Bombolini”
“If we need the protection of men, let us first ask it from God. If we prevail with Him, the power of the most mighty and of the most wicked must minister to our relief.”
“God s leaders believe the impossible and move in the eternal.”
“Never accept the definition of who you are from a person who s trying to hide the truth of who they are.”
“Leaders search very deep for their identity. A great identity yields great possibilities in life. A great identity gives greater action choices. A search for our true identity is a kind of talent search within our own selves. There are talents that are latent. They sleep within us as seeds of possibilities. When we discover and nurture these seeds they grow and flower. This flowering is a leader’s true vocation.”
“Leaders co-create their reality not just by reflection but by asking the right questions. In the creative process, a question is a quest. Answers are dead ends. An answer is a blind alley through which no further movement of the mind is possible. When leaders live in questions they are able to navigate the complex problems of life and arrive at simple yet profound solutions. Complexities of the life arise because of our normal thinking process is not able to grasp our reality. So we need creativity in thinking. Creativity is a discontinuity in our thinking process. Creativity comes with sustained questioning of our old assumptions about reality.”
“Leaders, it is imperative that you learn how to do the work behind the scenes so that you never miss a beat.”
“When you treat people with respect you open up the floodgates for clear communication and transparency.”
“If you want to engage an audience be transparent.”
“I beg pardon, Sir, if, when I speak of this and of other great men, I appear to digress in saying something of their characters. In this eventful history of the revolutions of America, the characters of such men are of much importance. Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state. The credit of such men at court or in the nation is the sole cause of all the public measures. It would be an invidious thing (most foreign, I trust, to what you think my disposition) to remark the errors into which the authority of great names has brought the nation, without doing justice at the same time to the great qualities whence that authority arose. ”
“Leaders are those creative team players amongst us who are persevering, strategic, and maintain a desire to be continual learners.”
“Real leaders demonstrate initiative, decisiveness, and flexibility.”
“Politicians are the same all over the world; The difference is they are accountable and answer to the law and the people in some but answer to no one in others.”
“This day and age, in order to be an influential leader you must be able to make a connection with people in varied constituent groups, and drive culture change in multi-generational globally diverse populations.”