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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of read more
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be read more
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing read more
Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. -Peter F. Drucker.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.