A sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create. (Mahatma Gandhi, late Indian activist) It’s been noted that you’re not a good leader if no one is following you. That’s obvious, isn’t it? When your leadership is over, is...
Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do. (Frances Hesselbein, author) Some might think of leadership as the ability to command and order, and the followers will obey. That’s partly true, but Hesselbein, apparently, has a different idea. She has discovered...
Those who are best at waiting are best at serving, also. (James Gribble, pioneer missionary) Today could likely be labeled as the age of “impatience.” We want what we want, and we want it NOW! In spite of modern technology that speeds things up immeasurably, many...
There are seven days in the week, and SOMEDAY isn’t one of them. (Shaquille O’Neal, retired professional athlete) In our dreaming of the future, how often do we think “Someday I’ll . . .”? But O’Neal is right, “someday” never comes. Unless we make plans to do what...
It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting. (Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity) Put another way, thinking something doesn’t make it happen. Worthy accomplishments begin with clear thinking and...
Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Thomas Edison, inventor) Edwin H. Land, founder of Polaroid, put it another way, “An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”...
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century poet) Robert Frost, a later American poet, wrote something quite similar: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled...
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. (C. S. Lewis, late British writer) When is too old too old? There may be a time, of course, when you can’t physically do some of the things you used to do. Play football or do calculus in your head (could...
Maturity is not the one with the most knowledge, but the one whose life has been changed the most by what they know. (Chris Suitt, pastor) Maturity is not just a question of age. Some young people show more wisdom than some older adults. As Suitt notes, it’s not just...
You must do the things you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of 32nd US president) “I just can’t do it” is sometimes our reaction when we’re faced with either a tough job we don’t feel capable of doing or something we just don’t want to do. That kind of...
Thoughts control feelings, which control behavior. (Wyatt Webb, therapist) Youth leader Ryan Hemlock expands on this idea: “The way we think controls the way we act. And the way we act translates to how we perform in our jobs [and] interact with others.” So many...
The most expensive thing in the world is trust. It can take years to earn and just a matter of seconds to lose. (Tupac Shapur, actor and musician) Who can you trust? Our society seems to be more and more political. Most issues are becoming partisan with angry...