(26 quotes found)
“Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.”
Warren G. Bennis
“People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.”
“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.”
“Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.”
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”
“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born -- that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
“Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.”
“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.”
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
“The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.”
