Roy H. Williams Quotes

I'm a business owner.

COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous.

The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today's competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join.

A leader can transform an army of frightened people into fearless people.

My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to go to war.

There is no movement without the first follower. See, we are told that we all need to be leaders but that would be ineffective. The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

I admire King Hussein his courage in leading his country for a long time.

It [is] that courage that Africa most desperately needs.

Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.

Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.

May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.

A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.

The great soul is the person who has taken on the task of change. If he or she is able to transcend fear, to act out of courage, the whole group will benefit and each one, in his or her own life, will be suddenly more courageous, though they may not see how or why.

History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but all that has been achieved to the glory of mankind, to the glory and honour of races and nations was through the manly determination and effort of those who lead and those who are led.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside

Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

The leader beyond the millennium will not be the leader who has learned the lessons of how to do it, with ledgers of 'hows' balanced with 'its' that dissolve in the crashing changes ahead. The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character mind-set, values, principles, and courage.

The wisest among us - the genuine leaders - smile in the face of adversity.

Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.