Thoughts From the Greatest Leaders of All Times

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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is toproduce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader

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Nelson Mandela Sir Winston Churchill M.K.Gandhi Abraham Lincoln

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use tochange the world.

Nelson Mandela



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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keepson trying.

Nelson Mandela



Martin Luther King

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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time isalways ripe to do right.

Nelson Mandela



Martin Luther King

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I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by theanimosities he excites among his opponents.

Sir Winston Churchill



Martin Luther King

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We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.




Martin Luther King

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One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publiclyfor suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once

'The Unnecessary War




Martin Luther King

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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.




Martin Luther King

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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from anindomitable will.

M.K.Gandhi



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We must become the change we want to see.

M.K.Gandhi



Martin Luther King

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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faithin their mission can alter the course of history.

M.K.Gandhi



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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Martin Luther King



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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejectsrevenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a

method is love.

Martin Luther King



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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands inmoments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at

times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King



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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Abraham Lincoln



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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is moreimportant than any one thing.

Abraham Lincoln



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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Abraham Lincoln



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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can bedepended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to

bring them the real facts.

Abraham Lincoln



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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and thatis my religion.

Abraham Lincoln



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Walt DisneyDisney World

Henry FordFord Motors

Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony





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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Walt Disney



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks,and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.

Walt Disney



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

The company is the pioneer and as such will always be theseeker of unknown.

Morita



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

Flawless execution separates us from others.

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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time moreintelligently.

Henry Ford



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get theother person's point of view and see things from that person's

angle as well as from your own.

Henry Ford



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those whoempower others.

Bill Gates



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Bill Gates



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

Best is not the end point, but a starting point for innovation.

Larry Page



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Bill GatesMicrosoft

Larry PageGoogle

Akio MoritaSony

Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and tomake it universally accessible and useful.

Larry Page



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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Oprah Winfrey



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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change hisfuture by merely changing his attitude.

Oprah Winfrey



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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing onwhat excites you.

Oprah Winfrey



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A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Charlie Chaplin



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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. Itplaces me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Charlie Chaplin



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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even ourtroubles.

Charlie Chaplin



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The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anythingthat is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

Steven Spielberg



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The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

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Albert Einstein Wright Brothers Thomas Edison






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Albert Einstein Wright Brothers Thomas Edison

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Albert Einstein



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Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

Albert Einstein




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Albert Einstein

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as trueis really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Orville Wright




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Albert Einstein

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Wilbur Wright




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Albert Einstein

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Thomas Edison



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Albert Einstein

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are:Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Thomas Edison



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Mohammed Ali Pele Michael Jordan

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplishnothing in life.

Mohammed Ali


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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges,and I believed in myself.

Mohammed Ali


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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like aguitar string.

Pele


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I've come to accept that the life of a frontrunner is a hard one,that he will suffer more injuries than most men and that many ofthese injuries will not be accidental, but I shall fight them out.

Pele


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Everything is practice

Pele


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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Michael Jordan


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There is no I in TEAM but there is an I in WIN.

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Mother Teresa Helen Keller


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If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Mother Teresa


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There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in thisworld than for bread.

Mother Teresa



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We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Mother Teresa



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Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. Ifyou cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go

their own way.

Swami Vivekananda


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If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; butif not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the

better.

Swami Vivekananda



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Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is thegreatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to

say that you are weak, or others are weak.

Swami Vivekananda



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Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is achieved

Swami Vivekananda



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Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it islived for others.

Helen Keller



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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

Helen Keller



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Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Helen Keller



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If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spreadtheir wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost

don't have to manage them.

Jack Welch


Jack Welch Peter Drucker Tom Peters Lee Iacocca

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Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Jack Welch



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Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increasedconstantly, or it vanishes

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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked;leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Peter Drucker



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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Peter Drucker



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Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Tom Peters



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Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constantimprovement and constant change.

Tom Peters



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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasmand energy that we have resisted it in the past.

Tom Peters



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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy,to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Lee Iacocca


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The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings canalter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Lee Iacocca



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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God,do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Lee Iacocca



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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, butyou can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy

down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Lee Iacocca



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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantlydisguised as insoluble problems.

Lee Iacocca



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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, yourideas won't get you anywhere.

Lee Iacocca



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Leonardo Da VinciMichelangelo




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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I canaccomplish.

Michelangelo


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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn'treach the quality it should have.

Leonardo Da Vinci


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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is notenough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo Da Vinci


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