Remember, results aren’t the criteria for success – it’s the effort made for achievement that is most important.
Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.
Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.
I’m glad I was a teacher.
Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most.
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Too many people look on outscoring someone as winning, I never tried to get that across to my players.
Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.
The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything.
Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don’t expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.
A good banker isn’t careless with pennies; a good leader isn’t sloppy about details.
Mentors are available at all stages of your leadership life – early, middle and late. Seek them out and listen; absorb their knowledge and use it.
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
Every person under your supervision is different. They’re all different. They’re identical in most ways, but not in all ways. You have to study and analyze every individual under your supervision and try to work with them in a way that will be most productive.
Champions are brilliant at the basics.
Never be disagreeable just because you disagree.
If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to do certain things that we may not feel like doing. When it comes to what God asks of us, we need more than good intentions we need to follow through fully.
You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.
You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do. Are you going to make mistakes? Of course. But it is not failure if you make the full effort.