An Inspiring Leader

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more,
do more and become more, you are a leader.
- John Quincy Adams

A leader is not one who says, "Follow me."
A leader is one who says, "I'll go first."
- Neale Donald Walsch

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leaders are those who empower others.
- Bill Gates

It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
- Robert E. Lee

Your example is far more influential and inspiring
than any words of instruction, or threats,
or even words of encouragement.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Leading by Example

I choose to adapt to the circumstances in which I find myself

Stay adaptable, stay Joyful

How to Become a Leader

Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
     

You Can Never "Set People Right"

The true secret of giving advice is,
after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not,
and never persist in trying to set people right.
- Henry Ward Beecher

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside
of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
- Aeschylus

We cause ourselves untold misery whenever we believe
others to be imperfect and try to change them.
You have no ability whatsoever to change anyone other than yourself.
You can only cause yourself great suffering if you try.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who "need" it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield

Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Read my thoughts on meddling in the affairs of others.

Further reading: The Problem with Advice

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Live and Let Live

Don't Take It Personally
      

All Men are Brothers

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
- Francois Fenelon

If thy brother wrongs thee,
remember not so much his wrong-doing,
but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus

He who experiences the unity of life
sees his own Self in all beings,
and all beings in his own Self.
- The Buddha

Forgive Your Brother from Your Heart.
- Matthew 18:21-22

Today's affirmation:
All people are my heart-felt brothers and sisters.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Respect Others

Perspective on Diversity

Condemn None

The World is My Family

One World

The Web of Life
      

Be a Role Model

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish.
Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Example is not the main thing in influencing others.
It is the only thing.
- Albert Schweitzer

If you want others to follow your example,
don't criticize or cajole others,
but rather live your own life
in a manner that convincingly demonstrates
both the virtue and the success
of your way of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Live a life you hope your children will emulate

Inspire Others

The Nature of Education

Be a Leader

How We Learn
      

Empowered by Our Difficulties

Only when life is difficult, are we challenged to become our greatest selves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

It is not because life is difficult
that we do not dare.
Life is difficult
because we do not dare.
- Seneca

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

Difficulties show men what they are.
In case of any difficulty,
remember that God has pitted you
against a rough antagonist
that you may be a conqueror,
and this cannot be without toil.
- Epictetus

Further reading: Difficulties Offer Opportunities

Why is This Happening?

Choosing to be Positive

Beyond Failure