Words of Wisdom

The leadership you demonstrate each and every day shapes your career, but many of us need a little reminder from time to time. Here are 12 quotes that may help you through your day, your project or your profession.

1. Everyone of us alone has the power to direct the course of our lives by choosing what actions we will or would not take. While sometimes it's easier to believe you don't have a choice the reality is that you always have a choice to behave differently. (Francine Ward, Business Leader)
2. I can't give you a sure fire formula for success but i can give you a formula for failure. Try to please everybody all the time.(Herbert Bayard Swope, Journalist)
3. Believe in yourself Have faith in your abilities without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you can not be successful or happy.(Norman Vincent Peale, Minister and Author)
4. People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. (Maya Angelou, Author)
5. If you listen to your fear, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been. (Robert H. Schuller, Minister and Author)
6. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. (William James, Philosopher and Psychologist)
7. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.(Robert Fulghum, Author)
8. People are responsible for motivating themselves. you are however responsible for creating a work environment in which people can motivate themselves.(Paul Falcone, Author)
9. At the end of each day you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either app loud you or prod you. (Jim Rohn, Motivational Coach)
10. Ask for help dose not mean we are week or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence. (Anne Wilson)
11. I am personally persuaded that the essence of the best thinking in the area of time management can be captured in this single phrase. Organize and execute around priorities.(Stephen R. Covey, Author)
12. Leadership is not about the ability of those around you to lead; leadership is about your ability to lead despite that which is happening around you.

Effective leaders rise to the occasion rather than search for excuses. The chaos around you dose not really matter, how you handle it dose.