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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

Adolescence is about digging out the iron inside irony.

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly.

A few mistakes don't worry me; what worries me is when you make the mistakes and then forget your role on the team and start to worry about your ego.

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important historical research and writing concerning the black race to the white man, then we must be prepared to accept, uncomplainingly, the white man's point of view.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.

After the November elections gave Republicans control of the Senate, voters made clear they wanted change. We were hopeful our leaders got the voters' message. However, after our speaker forced through the (spending bill) by passing it with Democratic votes and without time to read it, it seemed clear that we needed new leadership.

After watching the State of the Union address the other night [1994], I'm reminded of the old adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny: the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own. Speech delivery counts for little on the world stage unless you have convictions, and, yes, the vision to see beyond the front row seats.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

A good leader makes a good follower.

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.

A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

A good coach is postive. Your job when coaching is not correcting mistakes, finding fault, and assessing blame. Instead, your function is achieving goals by coaching your staff to peak performance. Focusing on the positive means that you start with what's good and what works, and spend your attention and energy there.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

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

A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

A great start to the perfect day - a world-class workout at the gym... It's hard to feel miserable after a great workout.

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.

A job is bound to be miserable if it doesn't involve measurement.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies.

A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.