Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter F. Drucker

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. George Patton

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out. Steve Jobs

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. Warren Bennis

Leadership is not just about giving energy… it’s unleashing other people’s energy. Paul Polman

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things. Max De Pree

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader

Leadership is about creating, day by day, a domain in which we and those around us continually deepen our understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. This, then, is the deeper territory of leadership – collectively ‘listening to what is wanting to emerge in the world, and then having the courage to do what is required’. Joseph Jaworski