Words to inspire by influential people

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.  Tony Blair #rafikfarouk

SUCCESS We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weights tons.  Jim Rohn #rafikfarouk

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.  Margaret Fuller #rafikfarouk

Don’t find fault, find remedy.  Henry Ford #rafikfarouk

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.  John F. Kennedy #rafikfarouk

Clarity affords focus. Thomas Leonard #Rafikfarouk

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.  Bill Bradley #Rafikfarouk

Tough times never last, but tough people do.  Robert H. Schuller #Rafikfarouk

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.  Jean-Paul Sartre #rafikfarouk

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.  Andrew Carnegie #Rafikfarouk

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,  you are a leader.   John Quincy Adams #rafikfarouk

​If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.  Thomas Fuller​ #rafikfarouk

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.  John D. Rockefeller #rafikfarouk

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.  Harold S. Geneen #rafikfarouk

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.  J. P. Morgan #rafikfarouk

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. Mahatma Gandhi #rafikfarouk

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.  Andre Malraux #rafikfarouk

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests.  Responsibility is always a sign of trust.  James Cash Penney #rafikfarouk

Effective leadership is putting first things first.  Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.  Stephen Covey #rafikfarouk

Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art.  Dante Gabriel Rossetti #rafikfarouk

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.  Rabindranath Tagore #rafikfarouk

Success depends upon previous preparation,  and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.  Confucius #rafikfarouk

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.  Winston Churchill #rafikfarouk

​He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Louisa May Alcott #rafikfarouk

"In knowledge work . . . the task is not given; it has to be determined. 'What are the expected results from this work?' is . . . the key question in making knowledge workers productive. And it is a question that demands risky decisions. There is usually no right answer; there are choices instead. And results have to be clearly specified, if productivity is to be achieved.  Peter Drucker #rafikfarouk

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.  Abraham Lincoln #rafikfarouk