“If your action inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”
John Quincy Adams
Anyone following the news these days is painfully aware of the divisiveness plaguing politics. There exist far too many examples of leaders who seem to think leadership means making themselves look better by tearing down those around them. To use a construction metaphor, those leaders specialize in demolition rather than construction.
A foreman of a construction company is there to ensure a structure is well-built and will stand the test of time. By starting with a solid foundation, ensuring the supports are strong and finishing with a sturdy roof, the foreman builds something that will be useful to the customer and continue to provide support to others for the life of its existence.… Read the rest
“The key to leading today is influence, not authority.”
“You’ve got to know when to hold them…and know when to fold them.”
“Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less”
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.”
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing”
“In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power…a merry life and a short one, shall be my motto.”
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“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
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