Quotations
Here are some of my favorite quotes that have influenced my leadership style and thinking:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
Don’t allow your talent to take you where your character can’t keep you
Eternal vigilance is the price of mastery
Every organization is the product of the way its members think
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Put everything you have into everything you do and excellence will define you.
Success has many fathers while defeat is an orphan child
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Vision without Strategy is little more than a daydream.
We cannot solve the problems by thinking at the level at which we’ve created them.
We cannot solve the problems by thinking at the level at which we’ve created them.
An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
It does not take great intelligence to capitalize on success. However, it takes great ingenuity to transform failure into success. Profit from your losses.
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
What you get by reaching your destination isn’t nearly as important as what you become by reaching that destination
In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then you might gain that great tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.