To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
— Theodore H. White
FIND a WAY to WIN at something EVERY DAY
It doesn’t have to be big. Some of the best days are made up of one or more small victories. Those incremental wins add up to meaningful change over time.
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Nearly all people can stand adversity, but if you want to test a person's character, give them power.
— Robert G. Ingersoll
Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.
— Judy Garland
If I cannot do great things. I can do small things in a great way.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
You have to be authentic, you have to be true, and you have to believe in your heart.
— Howard Schultz
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When times get tough, we don't give up, we get up.
— Barack Obama
Through hard work and perseverance and obviously a few breaks and a few hand-ups — not handouts but hand-ups, which represent opportunity — I think the American dream is available to everyone.
— Steve White
If you don’t ask the right questions, you don’t get the right answers. A question asked the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis.
— Edward Hodnett
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
— Ashleigh Brilliant
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
— Mae West
Focusing on our differences is easy and divisive; leveraging what we have in common is harder but will effect positive change for all.
— Edith Cooper
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but on significance--and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
— Oprah Winfrey
Trust rules. To enlist others, you need trust. Build mutual trust; you must trust others too.
— Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
— Napoleon Hill
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
— Billie Jean King
Leaders must have vision, creativity, and the ability to influence others to follow and support them into uncharted and often risky territory.
— Nick Venturella
The person you throw under the bus today could be driving it tomorrow.
— Glenn Shepard
You have to be odd to be number one.
— Theodor Seuss Geisel
Every responsibility you get, make it a pocket of greatness. If you do that, you are more likely to die of indigestion from too much responsibility than starvation from too little.
— Jim Collins
Leadership: The capacity and will to rally people to a common purpose together with the character that inspires confidence and trust.
— Bernard Montgomery
Before you say you can't do something, try it.
— Sakichi Toyoda
Being American is more than a pride we inherit; it's the past we step into and how we repair it.
— Amanda Gorman
How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time.
— Frederick Brooks
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
— Ken Blanchard
It's teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage. Both because it's so powerful and so rare.
— Patrick Lencioni
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The future promises only one thing: uncertainty. New challenges we face are going to make the old challenges look like a walk in the park. Hire someone to grow into those challenges with you.
— Anthony Iannarino
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
— Edward Everett Hale
If we hope to achieve racial equality in this country, we need leaders who are authentic, committed, and engaged; leaders from all different realms who use their voices and platforms to effect systemic change.
— Jason Wingard
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