Quotes for All
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer
A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. David Gergen
In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles. David Ben-Gurion
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Alvin Toffler
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. Ralph Nader
In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity. Adam Schiff
Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then… find the way. Abraham Lincoln
To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.
Ronald Reagan
Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy.
Rumi