Ptahhotep Quotes

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they insist on it.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.