Quotes About Responsibility

titles don't have much value when it comes to leading.

He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England's newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, "What's wrong with the world?" writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following: Dear Sir, I am. Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton

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.

Cualquiera que trajera un problema y quisiera que yo le ayudara, debía traerme también tres soluciones potenciales antes de venir a verme.¿Cree usted que hice eso porque no quería ayudar a nadie? No, lo hice porque quería que aprendieran a ayudarse a sí mismos. Pronto se volvieron creativos e ingeniosos. Con el tiempo necesitaban menos ayuda, por lo que se convirtieron en mejores líderes que tomaban decisiones.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said, "I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." The

People don't want to be managed. They want to be led. Whoever heard of a world manager? World leader, yes. Education leader, yes. Political leader. Religious leader. Scout leader. Community leader. Labor leader. Business leader. Yes. They lead.

People who think they're leading but have no one following them are only taking a walk.

How do the people around you react to the sparks of life? Are they fire lighters who blow things up, or firefighters who calm things down?

Stanley Huffty afirmó: «No es la posición lo que hace al líder, sino el líder quien establece la posición».

The Man Who Could Do No Wrong by Dr. Charles Blair

Tomorrow's opportunity is determined by yesterday's responsibility.

Good leaders never embrace a victim mentality. They recognize that who and where they are remain their responsibility—not that of their parents, their spouses, their children, the government, their bosses, or their coworkers.

It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position."

Thomas J. Watson, the former chairman of IBM, said, "Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

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

The question is not, "Will my calendar be full?" but "Who will fill my calendar?" If we are leaders of others, the question is not, "Will I see people?" but "Who will I see?" My

3. We should work on changing ourselves before trying to improve others. A great danger to good leadership is the temptation to try to change others without first making changes to yourself.

We don't get to pick our talents or IQ. But we do choose our character. In fact, we create it every time we make choices—to cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price.

there is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. A

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

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.