Quotes About Direction

We may need to focus here.' 'Right. Yes. OK. Turn around.' 'Are you going to throw something at me?' 'What? No, I'm getting out of bed.

We're just going to retreat?" "We are not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.

The main difference between her and her friends was not the magic, she knew, and nor was it the adventure. It was the fact that she knew what she wanted to do with her life, and she was already doing it.

You have no idea what it is you're saying at any given moment, do you? You think just as long as you're issuing orders, you're a leader.

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

Knowledge is the eye which must direct the foot of obedience.

The compass of accurate knowledge directs the shortest, safest, cheapest course to any destination

Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.

...everything in psychosocial evolution which can properly be called advance, or progress, or improvement, is due directionaly to the increase or improvement of knowledge.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

What I really need is to get clear out about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge precedes every act.

Maybe you are already lost and just do not know it.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

Leadership produces change. That is its primary function

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.