I am not sure that the best way to make a boy love the English poets might not be forbid him to read them and then make sure that he had plenty of opportunities to...

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

If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.

Sometimes it feels like saying all and then someone’s lifestyle makes it to think if there is anyone to accept it at all.

Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer’s arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.

Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing,...

If you are not sure or you don’t know something, politely ask. Asking is not a sign of being daft, but of confidence.

When your own success shocks you, you fail to sustain it and it becomes a curse instead of a blessing. Think through issues and make considerations before you encounter the real situation. Companies invest billions...

How positive and empowering is it, especially in the face of adversity?

The key to success is to first know thyself. The definition of success by another person must not paralyse you or make you think less of your potential to succeed in your own way.

Better planning guarantees success; ask anyone who has planned a one day event like a wedding. How much planning should you therefore put in the kind of life you want to succeed at?

The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions, or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to supersede the...

When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring,

You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright.

The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one’s personal interests.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

When you know every well what to do and how to do it, your attitude determines how well you will have it done!

Leadership is about making and maintaining a positive change. True leaders do not conform to the limits of the environments they stay in; the transform it positively!

Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted to howl in rage. It is not my place to do...

He who cannot serve cannot lead. It is by being a servant that you recognize that followers also have needs. True leaders are service oriented!

True leaders do not make choices with reference to the opinion of the majority. They make choices based on the opinion of the truth and the truth can come from either the majority or the...

Greatness demands great courage.

When we are connected to the source, we will not be afraid of any task set before us.

Don’t just float through life; don’t just agree to anything and everything, have a course you are known for at all times.

For our society to be better, we must revive our conscience and do Godly things.

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.

hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

We must see the new Nigeria The Nigeria We Want we must accept personal responsibility to build it

Your life is a trajectory. Every choice you make alters that trajectory, in a positive or negative way. Will you categorize that dinner with friends as a business expense? Will you be honest with your...

Together we are better

People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.

Like never before the trajectories of wealth, business, and poverty can be altered in unexpected ways by women. The field of dreams is being reconstructed by technology and the knowledge economy so that the gates,...

There is usually a moment in the life of a new president when he begins to see himself not as an aspirant desperate to win but as a statesman above the squalor and sweat of...

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

Leaders stimulate mirror neurons of the led.

An Ally does not keep count

Unless one is at heart a rascal, I think he becomes a little better in many ways by assuming leadership.

We all have something to offer, and we must choose to focus on what we do have to offer, not what we don’t. And remember the dirty little secret is that those who are acting...

The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it.

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you...

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

Yes, content is king but excellence is his queen. ~ Onyi Anyado.

You have to be so disciplined that even your distractions become focused.

Steve Jobs says “innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”. But I believe some followers are more innovative than their leaders. Some leaders come perchance.

Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.

The sword of the Spirit has been muffled up and decked out with flowers and ribbons,” author writes, conveying the sentiments of a Congregationist minister on men’s ceding of moral and religious instruction and correction...

You can unlock spiritual things only from within.

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.