Panayiotis Zavos Quotes

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

I like the idea of helping people help people.

I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

Being fundamentally decent and honest and willing to put others before yourself - that's necessary for being an effective policymaker.

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes.

My old man taught me a lot of stuff in his death that I don't even know if he would have been able to teach me had he been alive. And that was to never do stuff that can jeopardize the people you love and hurt them.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your church and in yourself.

I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.

Doing the right thing has power.

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you really believe in it, you step aside.

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.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

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

Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.

I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I think it's the most important thing. If you're kind, you'll go a long way.

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.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.