Dumb Leaders

Hire character. Train skill. - Peter Schutz

Earn your leadership every day. - Michael Jordan

Integrity never goes out of style. - Jim George

Leadership is action, not position. - Samuel Gompers

Confidence is a very fragile thing. - Joe Montana

The view only changes for the lead dog. - Norman O. Brown

Inspiration and genius - one and the same. - Victor Hugo

Positive thoughts lead to positive results. - Maria V Snyder

Guitar players never listen to lead singers. - Steven Tyler

When you're riding lead, don't spit. - Unknown

He who becomes a sheep is eaten by the wolf. - Greek Proverb

Inspiration exists, but it must find you working. - Pablo Picasso

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. - Kin Hubbard

Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay. - Prince

Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball. - Giannis Antetokounmpo

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. - John F Kennedy

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. - Warren G Bennis

The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears. - JRR Tolkien

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. - Roy T Bennett

What'd ya think, you were gonna pull the wolf over my eyes? - Archie Bunker

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith. - Andy Williams

Reality: The leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. - Lily Tomlin

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes. - Leo Durocher

Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are. - John C Maxwell

The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. - Hasidic Proverb

Wisdom is knowing which road is the right one; integrity is taking it. - Unknown

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed. - David Jeremiah

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. - Zig Ziglar

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved. - Michael Ende

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. - Chinua Achebe

Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm. - John O'Hara

If I'm traveling, I'll pack socks in my bag - really cute furry ones. - Nicki Minaj

You can lead a horse to water but I'd rather ride it to the liquor store. - Wayne Nowazek

Anything less than a commitment to excellence is an acceptance of mediocrity. - Vince Lombardi

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. - Zig Ziglar

In our world, more often the truth is 'Money talks and integrity walks.' - Bill Welker

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. - Zig Ziglar

Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity. - Jack Welch

You can lead a herring to water, but you have to walk really fast or he'll die. - Rose

An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy. - Ravi Zacharias

You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. - Red Auerbach

The best leaders incentivize, inspire and empower their teams to be creative and innovative. - Michael Bloomberg

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

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. - Joe Paterno

What we value shapes our character and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. - Unknown

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

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

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would say that the ghosts you chase you never catch. - John Malkovich

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked. Leadership is defined by results, not attributes. - Peter F Drucker

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. - Blaise Pascal

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence. - Vanessa Hudgens

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. - Johann Gottfried Von Herder

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. - Horace

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. - Albert Camus

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. - Erica Jong

Don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. - Ella Fitzgerald

Unless a man has considerable skill and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. - Townsend Whelen

When nature is my inspiration and subject, I am witness to an extraordinary range of color and every imaginable atmospheric condition. - Karen Casey

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. - Conan O'Brien

When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. - Napoleon Hill

The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. - Albert Einstein

Leadership development is not an 'event.' It's a capacity-building endeavor. It's a process of human growth and development. - Linda F Thornton

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. - Tom Landry

Thirteen roadways lead through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath. - Tao