A leadership assignment I hope you will take
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One of my greatest interests is the study of leadership. I wanted to share some of my favorite quotes on the subject.
If you would like to initiate some excellent discussion on the subject of leadership, I suggest you get some people together and ask them to pick their favorite two quotes from the list and then ask them why they chose them.
Having done this before, I can assure you that you will have an excellent time of discussion—and while doing so—you will learn a lot about the subject.
#1 "If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend."
#2 "Why take a journey alone when you can take someone with you?"
#3 "The law of sacrifice teaches us that if you want to go up, you have to give up."
#4 "People always move towards someone who increases them in value and away from anyone who decreases them in value."
#5 "He who is leading when no one is following is only taking a walk."
#6 "When you make a decision, do it while on the mountain and not in the valley. You can see things more clearly from the mountain."
#7 "The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects the wind to change. The leader adjusts his sails."
#8 "The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure."
#9 "Brains are like hearts. They go where they are appreciated."
#10 "The number one cause of dissatisfaction among employees is that their superiors fail to give them credit."
#11 "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."
#12 "People can succeed at almost anything for which they have enthusiasm."
#13 "Never work alone. I do it, I do it and you watch; you do it, and I watch; You do it."
#14 "Risk is the stepping stone to success."
#15 "Everything of value is uphill."
#16 "If you are at the head of the class, you are in the wrong class"
#17 And one of my favorites for Yankee fans from the mouth of the inimitable Yogi Berra, "You can observe a lot by just watching."
 | Tom Crenshaw serves as Connections Pastor of the New Monmouth Baptist Church (non denominational) where he previously served as a three year interim.He has been married to Jean for almost 50 years, and they have four children, all of whom are teachers.Tom loves perennial gardening, umpiring high school baseball, coaching baseball and football, fishing for small mouth bass, rooting for his favorite team, the Cleveland Indians, and listening to ‘real’ country music, the classic kind. Learn More » |
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