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Pride is the fuel of human accomplishment.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.

Progress requires change.

Progress on problems is the measure of leadership; leaders mobilize people to face problems, and communities make progress on problems because leaders challenge them and help them to do so.

Purpose is what gives life meaning.

Purpose is a soft virtue- but it's what gives you steel in your spine.

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when the facts are on your side, questions are more persuasive than statements, don't you think you should be pitching more with questions?

Quorum and group leaders should provide the leading voice and laboring oar in every ward and branch council regarding retention of converts.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

Raw, real human conversation can be the most direct path to greater awareness and stronger relationships, even when it's unrehearsed and clumsy-perhaps especially when it's unrehearsed and clumsy!

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Recognize that being one of the only black people in an organization, or just in a meeting, automatically makes you very visible. Use this to help yourself. Look at it as an opportunity, and leverage that opportunity by making a visible contribution.

Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.

Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.

Remember you live in a community. You have a responsibility to be accountable to your family and your community as well as yourself.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic or dull' or 'visionary or numbers-orientated,' but the most inspiring and effective managers he knew all had said we rather than I.

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.

Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

Satan will try to use our troubles to worry and weaken us. But God uses them to strengthen us.

Sad, indeed, would the whole matter be if the Bible had told us everything God meant us to believe. But herein is the Bible greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever-unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ "in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," not the Bible, save as leading to Him.

Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

Schools cannot shut their gates and leave the outside world on the doorstep.

Schools that cannot tolerate interesting & enthusiastic eccentrics who work better alone than together are devoid of flexibility & spirit

Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Seeing what is wrong and how it could be made right propels us into action, but in that action we often leave other people behind and don't give ourselves enough time to be present, or to stop and reflect. Leaders have to get comfortable with pausing in that uncomfortable gap.