Drucker on Leadership

For it is the willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the mearely adequate.

- Peter F. Drucker

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Washington on Leadership

No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is left long without proper reward.

- Booker T. Washington

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Jordan on Leadership

The minute you get away from fundamentals - whether it's proper technique, work ethic, or mental preparation - the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, whatever you're doing.

- Michael Jordan

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Sarnoff on Leadership

A career, like a business, must be budgeted. When it is necessary, the budget can be adjusted to meet changing conditions. A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

- David Sarnoff

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Steinbeck on Leadership

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

- John Steinbeck

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Lombardi on Leadership

The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his committment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.

- Vince Lombardi

Bombeck on Leadership

If you live with someone with the "Sorry-I'm-Late Syndrome, you must resign yourself to never seeing the bride walk down the aisle, never seeing the opening moments of a movie, and never hearing the national anthem to a ball game.

- Erma Bombeck

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