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“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.” – Douglas MacArthur

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – Simon Sinek

“The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first improve yourself.” – Idowu Koyenikan

“Never be afraid of failure. And don’t stop yourself from doing something you want to do because of what others might think. Only you know yourself best.” – Suki Waterhouse

“Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotions.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

“Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.” – Max Depree

“Leadership without support is like trying to make bricks without enough straw. True leaders reinforce their ideas and plans with strategic partnerships, alliances and supportive audiences.” – Reed Markham

“Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.” – Nitin Nohria

“It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.” – William Pollard

“Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.” – Tom Landry

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you” – Eric Hoffer

“Words differently arranged have a different meaning and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.” – Blaise Pascal

“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” – Anne Frank

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – John W. Gardner

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Dale Carnegie

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” – Vince Lombardi

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” – Thomas Huxley

“To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.” – Oliver Goldsmith