Quotes About Service

Occasionally someone will ask me about how ego fits into the leadership equation. They'll want to know what keeps a leader from having a huge ego. I think the answer lies in each leader's pathway to leadership. If people paid their dues and gave their best in obscurity, ego is usually not a problem.

REMIND YOURSELF THAT LEADERSHIP IS A PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

Am I adding value to people?

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

It's not what you do that matters as much as what God does through you.

When you give of yourself, it benefits you, the organization, and the receiver.

Humility means knowing and using your strength for the benefit of others, on behalf of a higher purpose." —ALAN ROSS

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

To work together, we must have all three. Generosity: giving up resources for the whole. Humility: giving up your own importance, position, and power. Integrity: truthfulness so that others can depend on your character.

MAKE IT YOUR JOB TO PUT OTHER PEOPLE ON TOP TODAY.

4. The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Greater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.

Not everyone wants to be out of the spotlight as she did. But it's important for a leader to learn to work in obscurity because it is a test of personal integrity. The key is being willing to do something because it matters, not because it will get you noticed.

Tal como lo dijo la Madre Teresa: «Otro puede hacer lo que yo no puedo hacer. Yo puedo hacer lo que otro no puede hacer. Juntos podemos hacer grandes cosas».

As a leader, my goal is to help people, not make them happy.

If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you'll end up not doing anything for anybody.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

Servant leaders should listen without judgment, be authentic, build community, share power, and develop people.6

A leader is great, not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.

All great leaders are productive. However, it is possible to be a producer and not a leader. Personal success does not always translate into team success. Leadership is defined by what a person does with and for others. It is established by making the team better and more productive. It's measured by what the entire group accomplishes, not by the individual efforts of the person in charge. Good leadership is never based on what someone does by and for himself.

Irresponsible leaders have a "me first" attitude and use their position for personal benefit.

My Influence My life shall touch a dozen lives Before this day is done. Leave countless marks of good or ill, E'er sets the evening sun. This, the wish I always wish, The prayer I always pray; Lord, may my life help others' lives It touches by the way.7

Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others. I

Una vida no vivida para otros no es vida".

Nunca se enfoque en hacer dinero: enfóquese en hacer personas. 2. Nunca se enfoque en iniciar empresas: enfóquese en iniciar personas. 3. Nunca se enfoque en hacer crecer la producción: enfóquese en hacer crecer a las personas.