Self-Leadership
545 quotes: 55 by Keith Craft, 490 from other voices.
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- You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
- You do not at all understand my manner of life. Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry; because I never undertake any more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.
- You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.
- You either control your mind or it controls you.
- You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else.
- You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.Dr. SeussCommonly attributed
- You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
- You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
- You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’.
- You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say "no" to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside.
- You have to do it by yourself, And you can't do it alone.
- You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
- You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.
- You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself.
- You must know yourself in order to know your powers, and not until you know them can you use them wisely and fully.
- You will earn the respect of all men if you begin by earning the respect of yourself.
- You will never master it until you first feel the mastery and do the deed in your mind.
- You wish to reform the world: reform yourself, otherwise your efforts will be in vain.
- Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.
- Your career is your business, and you are its CEO.
- Your mind is a weapon that must be sharpened daily.
- Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
- It is management of self that should occupy 50% of our time and the best of our ability. And when we do that, the ethical, moral, and spiritual elements of management are inescapable.
- The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at.Jesse OwensSourced
- As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.Ken BlanchardCommonly attributed