Outstanding Quotes

• The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

  Max De Pree

  Leadership, Learning, Grace

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

  George Allen

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Leadership, People

  "Created for Excellence : 12 keys to Godly Success". Book by Kevin Baerg (p. 25), 1996.

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  I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own

  Nikola Tesla

  Inspirational, Ideas, Care

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  Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

  Sam Walton

  Motivational, Leadership, Educational

  Attributed in "The 101 Greatest Business Principles of All Time" by Leslie Pockell, November 23, 2004.

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• Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

  George Allen

  Perseverance, Determination, Men

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• Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

  John C. Maxwell

  Character, Talent, Suicide Inspirational

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.219, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.

  Max De Pree

  Motivational, Followers, Reaching

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

  Morgan Freeman

  Thinking, Awards, People

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• We've got to be outstanding when we start and let other people chase against us.

  Bryan Robson

  People

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• Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Team, Leader, Mind

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• I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.

  Imran Khan

  Ambition, Player, Wanted

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• Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Determination, Character, Gay

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• Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

  Joe Namath

  Loss, Nfl, Loser

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• I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success ... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

  Nikola Tesla

  Motivational, Success, Heart

  "Marconi and Tesla: Pioneers of Radio Communication" by Tim O'Shei, (p. 5), 2008.

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• The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

  Nikola Tesla

  Motivational, Success, Future

  Nikola Tesla, The Secret Libraries (2016). “Nikola Tesla Quotes... Vol. 3: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Nikola Tesla”

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body - and vice versa.

  Denise Austin

  Fitness, Exercise, Vices

  FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Dec 29, 2011

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• The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

  Tony Robbins

  Change, Success, Fitness

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• Making the most of your life is unusual. That's why you need to develop unusual habits to earn outstanding rewards.

  Jim Rohn

  Needs, Rewards, Life Is

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• A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, Stay Positive, Make The Best Of It

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

  Socrates

  Sports, Wrestling, Average

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• If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

  David Levithan

  Wish, Want, I've Learned

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.10, Egmont UK

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• why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out

  Oliver James

  Inspirational, Life, Individuality

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