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To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.

Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

Too many leaders act as if the sheep.. their people.. are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.

Top-down leaders, by withholding power from those in the ranks, deprive them of the ability to use the expertise and information vested in them to respond directly and with speed to customer concerns.

Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

Total teachers aren't perfect teachers.

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

To work effectively as an agent of change in a pluralistic society, it is necessary to be able to connect with people different from oneself.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.

True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.

True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.

True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things we are afraid of doing.

True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

Trust is the glue in relationships and organizations

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you.

Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.

Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand.

Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational scheme.

typically, our love for our leaders is one-sided: their successes become our own, while their failures are theirs alone.

Unconfessed sin is a terrible, heavy burden to carry. God loves us too much to have unconfessed sin.

Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.

Ultimately our claim to know the one God only gains credence in the contemporary world as he demonstrates the divine presence through the way we live- through our lives as we connect our Christian belief with true Christian living.

Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.

Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section.

Unless structure follows strategy, inefficiency results.

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.

Until you start thinking right, you will never start behaving right. Repentance always deals with the changing of the mind.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Uriah proved to be a better man drunk than David was sober.

Vision with action can change the world.

Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.