Here are a few of my favorite quotes, some of the many I use in my workshops. I hope you enjoy them! —Kevin

"The task of leadership is not to create greatness in people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there." --John Buchan

"Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of his organization." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led." --Warren G. Bennis

"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision." --Helen Keller

"Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." --Margaret Thatcher

"There is a difference between leadership and management. Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality, vision, and training. Its practice is an art. Management is a science of the mind. Managers are necessary; leaders are indispensable." --Admiral Thomas Moorer

"We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn." --Rosa Luxemburg

"Live to learn and you will learn to live. " --Portugese Proverb

"I teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves." --Joseph Smith, Founder of LDS Church

"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." --William James

"Real leaders do not deny, ignore or repress conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity. Once everyone sees it that way they are ready to exchange their combative stance for a creative posture, because they don't feel threatened, they feel challenged." --Warren Bennis

"Catch people in the act of doing something right." --Ken Blanchard

"He that won't be counseled can't be helped." --Benjamin Franklin

"The size of a leader is determined by the depth of his convictions, the height of his ambitions, the breadth of his vision and the reach of his love." --D. N. Jackson

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic that waved off the dessert cart." --Erma Bombeck

"A less than perfect decision, made in a timely manner, and vigorously executed, is better than the best decision made too late." --General George S. Patton

"The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen." --Roy E. Moody, Pres. Moody and Associates

"Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed." --John H. Spalding

"Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people." --John D. Rockefeller

"You can buy people's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place, you can even buy a measured number of their muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm...you cannot buy loyalty...you cannot buy the devotion of their hearts. You must earn these." --Clarence Francis

"The vision of an organization acts as its magnetic north. It possesses the extraordinary ability to attract human energy. It invites and draws others to it by the force of its own appeal." --Posner and Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge, p.118

"Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated." --Robert McNamara, Former U.S. SECDEF

"People want to learn new things, to feel they've made a contribution--that what they are doing is worthwhile work. Few people are motivated only by money. People want to feel that what they do makes a difference in the world." --Frances Hesselbein, President, Peter F. Drucker Foundation

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish." --Sam Walton, Founder WalMart

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." --Von Goethe

"The fastest way to drive an employee insane is to give him or her new responsibilities and fail to provide them with the necessary instruction and training to do the job." --Ken Blanchard

"There are no victories at bargain prices." --General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." --General George S. Patton

"You're only as good as the people you hire." --Ray Kroc

"Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made." --Robert Schuller

"One of the most significant common characteristics of consistently high performing companies today is that there is a simple, clearly articulated sense of purpose and values that permeates these organizations." --John N. Williamson