When you strip all of this down it's just about a God in Heaven who loves you very much. And created in you a heart for Him. . . Your heart was fashioned by Jesus and for Jesus.
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
Leadership must be established from the top down.
I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.
I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.
When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.
Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.
I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
Most people know who believes in them.
If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.
Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.
I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment, when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them
I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.
Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday. '
