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The Quotable Books Series ...
Greatness
and
LeadershipTwo Sides
of the Same Coin(sample quotations from the book)
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams, U.S. president
Whether you be man or woman, you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. James Allen, inspirational author
A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldnt go yourself. Joel Arthur Barker
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair, British prime minister
First of all, I choose the great, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. Michael Caine, actor
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage ... to listen to his own goodness. Pablo Casals, cellist
Never give in. Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill, British prime minister
The most exquisite paradox ... as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible. Ram Dass, spiritual teacher
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight David Eisenhower, U.S. president and general
Anything can be great, I don't care, brick laying can be great, if a guy knows what he's doing and why, and if he can make it come off. Fast Eddie Felson, character in the movie, The Hustler
Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of ones personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. Viktor Frankl, philosopher
Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come. Greer Garson, actress
All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar. Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard, essayist
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Washington Irving, short story writer
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. James Earl Jones, actor, Voices and Silences
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. senator and attorney general
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Bobby Knight, basketball coach
God is the silent partner in all great enterprises. Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled by great ambitions. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
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