Biographies for Volume III, Issue II
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I believe in telling your story to the public. - Ivy Lee Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. - George S. Patton Be not simply good, be good for something. - Henry David Thoreau The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. - Mark Twain The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization. - Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? - Benjamin Disraeli The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity. - George Carlin Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. - Jane Addams Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. - Woody Allen When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally. - Lao Tse Corporate enterprise operates under franchise from public opinion. - John Hill It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. - Warren Buffett Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. - Marian Anderson Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead—and find no one there. - Franklin D. Roosevelt The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. - Eric Hoffer All business begins with public permission and exists by public approval. - Arthur W. Page Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. - Jesse Jackson Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right. - Isaac Asimov Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. - Robert Half
