Never Enough

Genius borrows nobly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Leader, for a Change - Jimmy Carter

Leadership is action, not position. - Samuel Gompers

Necessity is often the spur to genius. - Honoré de Balzac

I have nothing to declare except my genius. - Oscar Wilde

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. - Benjamin Disraeli

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. - Joseph Joubert

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe. - Benjamin Disraeli

A genius can do readily what nobody else can do at all. - Herbert Spencer

A person who is quietly confident makes the best leader. - Fred Wilson

Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius. - Oscar Wilde

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse. - Unknown

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. - Kenneth H Blanchard

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. - Madeleine L'Engle

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. - Benjamin Disraeli

A boss commands, but a leader will always bring a team together. - Unknown

A true leader is one who is humble enough to admit their mistakes. - Unknown

Don't focus on regrets; find your inspiration in what you can do now. - Catherine Pulsifer

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. - Edward Gibbon

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. - Omar N. Bradley

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people. - Brian Tracy

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Arthur Conan Doyle

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. - John C Maxwell

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. - Peter F Drucker

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The heart of good leadership is sacrifice. If you want to grow an organization - grow leaders. - John C Maxwell

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration. - Evan Esar

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position. - Brian Tracy

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds. - James C Penney

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around. - James Beard

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. - James L Fisher

The best leaders identify what promises they are being held to, manage expectations, and honor those promises. - Bob Anderson

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. - Christian Nevell Bovee

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader (realist) adjusts the sails. - John C Maxwell

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. - Unknown

Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they've been leaving us. We'll manage. - Paul Harvey

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet. - Randy Pausch

Great leaders don't set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference. It's never about the role - always about the goal. - Lisa Haisha

Bill Gates has always been a mentor and inspiration for me even before I knew him. Just growing up, I admired how Microsoft was mission-focused. - Mark Zuckerberg