If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges
Walter Annenberg
Remember, you are what you are in the eyes of God and nothing else.
St. Francis of Assisi
In essentials, unity
In non-essentials, liberty
In all things, love
St. Augustine
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
St. Augustine
The history of the world is but the biography of great men (women)
Thomas Carlyle
What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.
W. H. Davies
The King of Glory does not reward his servants according to the dignity of the offices they hold but according to the love and humility with which they fulfill their offices.
St. Francis de Sales
A person doing his or her best becomes a natural leader.
Joe DiMaggio
No human life is ever isolated. It is bound up with other lives. No man or woman is a single verse; we all make up one divine poem which God writes with the cooperation of our freedom.
St. Jose Maria Escriva
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently .
Henry Ford
The constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness..you have to catch it yourself .
Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
Benjamin Franklin
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost;
when character is lost, all is lost
when character is lost, all is lost
Reverend Billy Graham
What you put on your fork dictates whether you are sick or well, slim or fat, depleted or energized.
Dr. Mark Hyman
You must be careful how you walk, and were you go, for there are those following you who will set their fee where yours are set.
Robert E. Lee
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson
God doesn't necessarily use the most talented people, he doesn't necessarily use the people in position of power and authority, and he doesn't necessarily use those who are the best educated. Very often, education, power, authority, and talent can become the impediments that keep us from doing God's work. What type of person does God use in powerful ways? Who has God always used throughout history to do His work in the world? The people who make themselves available to Him.
Matthew Kelly
Holiness doesn't stifle us, it sets us free.
Matthew Kelly
The greater danger for most of us lives not in setting our aim too high and falling short,
but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.
Michaelangelo
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feels afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies.
Nelson Mandela
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson
God doesn't necessarily use the most talented people, he doesn't necessarily use the people in position of power and authority, and he doesn't necessarily use those who are the best educated. Very often, education, power, authority, and talent can become the impediments that keep us from doing God's work. What type of person does God use in powerful ways? Who has God always used throughout history to do His work in the world? The people who make themselves available to Him.
Matthew Kelly
Holiness doesn't stifle us, it sets us free.
Matthew Kelly
The greater danger for most of us lives not in setting our aim too high and falling short,
but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.
Michaelangelo
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feels afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies.
Nelson Mandela
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
John Maxwell
A leader is great, not because of his or her power,
but because of his or her ability to empower others.
John Maxwell
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Harold R. McAlindon
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Moliere
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton
A leader is great, not because of his or her power,
but because of his or her ability to empower others.
John Maxwell
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Harold R. McAlindon
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Moliere
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.
General George S. Patton
Faith is professed with the lips and with the heart, with words and with love.
Pope Francis
Jesus is like a guide climbing a mountain who pulls us up to Him and leads us to God.
Pope Francis
Look with hope to the future, trusting in the closeness of God who never abandons us
Pope Francis
Do not be afraid of commitment, of sacrifice, and do not view the future with fear.
Pope Francis
Those who do not walk for fear of making a mistake make the most serious mistake.
Pope Francis
Whatever you make of yourself, let it be something which reflects the love of Christ.
Pope John Paul II
It is a whole lot easier not to let the cat out of the bag than to put him back once he's out.
Will Rogers
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do things you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
If you tell the truth, you don't have to keep track of your lies.
John D Rowlett (dad)
"Suck it up, whiny butt"
John Dorland Rowlett
I am a living instrument of God's hand; my life is my musical gift to Him. The question which I will be asked is "Why did you choose to play THAT music."
John Dorland Rowlett
Faith is professed with the lips and with the heart, with words and with love.
Pope Francis
Jesus is like a guide climbing a mountain who pulls us up to Him and leads us to God.
Pope Francis
Look with hope to the future, trusting in the closeness of God who never abandons us
Pope Francis
Do not be afraid of commitment, of sacrifice, and do not view the future with fear.
Pope Francis
Those who do not walk for fear of making a mistake make the most serious mistake.
Pope Francis
Whatever you make of yourself, let it be something which reflects the love of Christ.
Pope John Paul II
It is a whole lot easier not to let the cat out of the bag than to put him back once he's out.
Will Rogers
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do things you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
If you tell the truth, you don't have to keep track of your lies.
John D Rowlett (dad)
"Suck it up, whiny butt"
John Dorland Rowlett
I am a living instrument of God's hand; my life is my musical gift to Him. The question which I will be asked is "Why did you choose to play THAT music."
John Dorland Rowlett
Success is not the key to happiness. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
This is the true joy of life: The being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, comiplaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
George Bernard Shaw
No man has a right to expect others to display confidence in him if he has no confidence in himself.
Roy L. Smith
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Jonathan Swift
All of our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestation of God's grace, power, and love.
Hudson Taylor
Worry does empty tomorrow of sorrow, but it empties today of strength.
Corrie ten Boom (Holocaust Survivor)
The dying, the unwanted, the unloved--they are Jesus in disguise.
Mother Theresa
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
While there are illegitimate parents, there are no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God. God's purpose took into account human erro, and even sin.
Rick Warren
You become effective by being selective......never confuse activity with productivity.
Rick Warren
When life gets tough, when you're overwhelmed with doubt, or when you wonder if living for Chris is worth the effort, remember that you are not home yet.
At death you won't leave home--you'll GO home.y.
Rick Warren
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
John Wesley
We are all just bugs on the windshield of life.
Butch T "Roundhead" Young
Sources Unclear/Unknown (at least by me)
"Totus tuus ego suum" (I am totally yours)
Be Passionate, not Passive!
We need to Pray better because that is the only way we can LIVE better.
"Nunc Coepc" (Now I begin)
The endorsement of the immoral is not worth having.
You weren't put on Earth to be remembered, you were put here to prepare for eternity.
(loosely from 2 Peter)
We are supposed to love people and use things; we go astray when we start loving things and using people.
Humility doesn't mean we think less of ourselves, it means we think of ourselves less.
Multiple Sources, Including the American Patriot's Bible, 199 Favorite Bible Verses for Leaders (Christian Arts, 2008)
