Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Winning

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.

-Vince Lombardi

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Who Knew!

Whilst I certainly am of the conservative side of politics I never really thought I would be quoting John MCain, but very difficult to disagree with his thoughts on this point,

"Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility."

-John McCain

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

From Harry Potter

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well. ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Misquote

How often have you heard people refer to Charles Darwin as heralding the survival of the fitest, or the strongest survive? In fact what he said was quite contrary to that;

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Leadership

Wonderful quote from Mission Statement, "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"

Just a different variation on the view that the main purpose of leaders should be to create more leaders, apologies to the original author for the paraphrasing.