“It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.” ~ Daniel Goleman
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” ~ William Ward
“The most powerful weapon is the undrawn sword.” ~ Anonymous
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ~ Seneca
“Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” ~ Madeline Bridges
“In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival – to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ~ Stephen Covey
“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.” ~ Stephen Covey
“We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.” ~ Edwin Markham
“It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.” ~ Leo Roskin
“Be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.” ~ Stephen Covey
“While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.” ~ John Maxwell
“Make what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.” ~ Stephen Covey
“You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself.” ~ Stephen Covey
“We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Trust is the highest form of human motivation.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Effectively delegating to others is perhaps the single most powerful high-leverage activity there is.” ~ Stephen Covey