leadership quotes for today

H. Ross Perot:

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Henrik Ibsen:

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Herbert B. Swope:

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.

Isaac Newton:

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.

James Callaghan:

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

James Kouzes and Barry Posner:

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.

leadership quotes for today

Dwight D. Eisenhower:

You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Edwin H. Friedman

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.

Elizabeth Dole:

What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.

Eric Hoffer:

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

THIS LIFE

The road on which we trod
Is no easy a road
The fight which we must fight
Is no easy a fight
The successes we must chalk
Are no easy a thing to talk

At the end of the road however
We see hope that will not waver
Hope flowing from God almighty like streams
Like light from the maker, it beams
On this hope, our feet is established
On this hope, we will emerge accomplished

01-11-03

love fulfilled

Love fulfilled
I’ve spent my life looking for you
Finding you wasn’t easy a thing
Years of thoughts and questions
Moments of sighs and breathlessness
Have now turned into wonder and amazement
For a moment, I feel I’m not me
I have released the long dreaded
I have looked hard at what I call love
And dared to open my mouth
But love smiled at me, winked and beckoned me nigh
My heart is gladdened, my soul throbs with excitement
Welcome my love, welcome into a longing heart
I love you.

September, 2007

EVERYDAY

EVERYDAY
(Ode to Stethoscope)

Everyday, my thoughts spin round and round and settle on you
Everyday, thoughts of you give me a tingle and a stir
Everyday, I wish I were near you
Everyday, I keep loving you
Everyday, my love keeps growing for you
Everyday, I wish I could speak to you
Everyday, the first dial on my phone reveals your name
Everyday, I talk to God about you
Everyday, I wonder if you love me
Everyday, I wish you were in my arms
Everyday, I wish you knew how I feel
Everyday, I wish I could make you know how I feel
Everyday, I want to celebrate your good qualities
Everyday, I thank God for you
Everyday, you feel far from me
Everyday, I long for you
Everyday, I ask, ‘will you long for me?’
Everyday, I become a little bit afraid
Everyday, I feel you will not want me!

emmanuel amankwah (08-02-06)