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2024-03-24 11:40:49
a ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel
Frank Herbert
- Leadership
2024-03-03 11:39:38
Anyone can change the world… But to change it for the better—that’s always the challenge.
Orson Scott Card
The Last Shadow
- Leadership
2023-12-22 13:26:52
The joy of leadership comes from seeing others achieve more than they thought they were capable of.
Simon Sinek
- Leadership
2023-12-22 13:08:10
When you were made a leader, you weren't given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.
Jack Welch
- Leadership
2023-08-26 20:41:17
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
Stephen R. Covey
- Leadership
- Communication
2022-12-30 15:02:54
Pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
Unknown
- Leadership
- Peace
2022-12-08 07:07:02
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Eleanor Roosevelt
- Leadership
2022-11-22 18:55:30
Great leaders are not the best at everything. They find people who are the best at different things and get them all on the same team.
Unknown
- Leadership
2022-10-12 10:41:18
Be one who nurtures and who builds. Be one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.
Marvin J. Ashton
- Leadership
2022-09-25 21:01:25
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Harry S. Truman
- Leadership
- Work_Ethic
2022-07-20 14:54:19
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Vernon Howard
- Leadership
2022-07-07 20:20:41
The aggressive person fights. The passive one runs away. But the assertive person stands ground, assesses the situation, adapts, and acts with purpose and passion. Be that person.
Unknown
- Purpose
- Leadership
2021-08-13 23:52:52
Historically, great progress comes about through bold visions. Only weak leaders make decisions based upon the phrase “Thus it has always been done.”
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Dune: The Duke of Caladan
- Leadership
- Change
2021-02-14 09:47:26
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
Seneca
2021-02-12 13:09:40
People rise to the occasion without hesitation when they feel inspired and challenged.
Lorii Myers
- Leadership
2020-11-26 19:36:24
Always plan ahead… but worry too hard over next year, and you can trip over tomorrow.
Robert Jordan
Crossroads of Twilight
- Leadership
- Planning
2020-06-30 14:45:40
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
C.S. Lewis
2020-04-23 15:01:47
The measure of a man is his ability to navigate to a proper shore during the worst of the storm.
Dr. Kahn
Measure of a Man
- Leadership
- Challenges
2020-04-23 08:01:20
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
James Thurber
2020-02-06 21:52:10
Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
Donald Knuth
Daring Fireball
2019-12-16 12:33:26
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Jim Rohn
- Leadership
2019-11-03 17:12:39
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C. Maxwell
They Said So
- Leadership
2019-10-02 21:03:38
Throw away those books and cassettes on inspirational leadership. Send those consultants packing. Know your job, set a good example for the people under you and put results over politics. That's all the charisma you'll really need to succeed.
Dyan Machan
They Said So
- Leadership
- Success
2019-10-02 20:58:17
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
John J. Pershing
They Said So
- Leadership
2019-10-02 20:56:59
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
They Said So
- Leadership
2019-10-02 20:56:00
If you think you're leading and no one is following you, then you're only taking a walk.
Afghan Proverb
They Said So
- Leadership
2019-10-02 20:54:40
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
John Maxwell
They Said So
- Leadership
- Courage
2019-06-21 21:35:41
Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.
Heraclitus
Modern Combat & Survival
- Leadership
- War
2019-03-23 22:58:19
Supervisor to employee: "Don't think of me as the boss. Think of me as a co-worker who's always right."
Unknown
- Leadership
2019-03-23 22:47:00
A good leader starves the problems and feeds the opportunity.
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- Leadership
2019-03-14 22:37:49
It takes two to make every great career: the man who is great, and the man—almost rarer—who is great enough to see greatness and say so.
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
- Greatness
- Leadership
2019-03-14 22:37:35
For want of a nail the shoe was lost
For want of a shoe the horse was lost For want of a horse the rider was lost For want of a rider the message was lost For want of the message the battle was lost For want of the battle the war was lost For want of the war the kingdom was lost And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
- Leadership
2016-09-25 23:23:55
E-mailed status reports say one thing to 90 percent of the people who write them: “You don’t value my time.”
Michael Lopp
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
- Leadership
2014-05-22 22:16:49
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
Harold S. Geneen
DQM Quote of the Day
- Leadership
2014-02-18 22:14:34
You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.
Harvey Firestone
DQM Quote of the Day
- Leadership
- Challenges
2011-10-08 00:00:00
What kind of ship are you?

Barge? Need a tug boat to pull you around.
Yacht? Do well but only in good weather and ideal conditions
Rescue Boat? Able to go out in any conditions even the worst.

Are you ready to be the rescue boat?
Unknown
- Leadership