Future Leadership Institute Quotes

There is a leader in every manager, there is not a manager in every leader. ~ Gert Van Mol

If I could get one message to you it would be this: the future of this country and the welfare of the free world depends upon our success in space. There is no room in this country for any but a fully cooperative, urgently motivated all-out effort toward space leadership. No one person, no one company, no one government agency, has a monopoly on the competence, the missions, or the requirements for the space program. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future. ~ Rick Pitino

Believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders. ~ Mark Miller

Increasingly economic historians can draw analogies between the development of the present crisis and the period between the two world wars, as well as the crisis of a century ago, which was associated with the so-called great depression of 1873-1895. The latter crisis resulted in the rise of monopoly capitalism and imperialism, but also the end of Pax Britannica, as Britain began its decline from world leadership in the face of challenges from Germany and the United States. The present world crisis seems to be spelling the beginning of the end of Pax Americana and may hold untold other major readjustments in the international division of labor and world power in store for the future. ~ Andre Gunder Frank

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire. ~ Mike Murdock

I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future. ~ Jenny Shipley

Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future. ~ Peter Drucker

Future strong is relationship-driven and joyful.
Its best bet is on people. Its outcomes create joy
for others and ourselves. ~ Bill Jensen

Hope without a strategy doesn't generate leadership. Leadership comes when your hope and your optimism are matched with a concrete vision of the future and a way to get there. People won't follow you if they don't believe you can get to where you say you're going. ~ Seth

For associations to emerge healthy and strong, they must re-engage with their members around the heart-centered why of why they exist, leverage current leadership, and build future leadership while they integrate the balance of technology and face-to-face experiences. ~ Holly Duckworth

I am about tribal feminine power. As a leader, I may stumble but my essence lives to the future
of my people, of my literature, of my art. And when a tribesman turn against its leader, that tribe will become two. It may faulter my course, but it will not stifle my ending. I rule only among my believers. ~ Kristie LeVangie

I can see that spark coming back when he talks about the future. ~ H.W. Brands

If you want to be happy, drop the past, drop the worries of the future, focus your energy to fulfill the dreams in your heart. ~ Amit Ray

The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs. ~ George Roche III

It's time for you to be the hero of your own journey. ~ Bill Jensen

Future strong individuals will not take on personal sacrifices, hardships and corporate crap that sidetrack them from their dreams and goals. ~ Bill Jensen

The future of marketing is leadership ~ Seth Godin

You need to use you imagined view of the future you dream of, then paint the statement in words, to state that clear dream of your desired future. ~ Archibald Marwizi

The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts upon expediency; the other acts on enduring principles and for the immortality. ~ Edmund Burke

The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future. ~ Pearl Zhu

It's time to consider: What are the toughest choices you face as you lead yourself and others into the future? ~ Bill Jensen

High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past. ~ Andy Hargreaves

Its easier to start a global business than a local one, make your business one where you can work from anywhere in the world ~ Roger James Hamilton

Helping others see the future clearly and feel it deeply, is the most important responsibility of a leader. ~ Jim Louwsma

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change. ~ Warren G. Bennis

I can feel guilty about the past,
Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. ~ Abraham H. Maslow

In the future, we should anticipate seeing more hybrid wars where conventional warfare, irregular warfare, asymmetric warfare, and information warfare all blend together, creating a very complex and challenging situation to the combatants; therefore it will require military forces to posses hybrid capabilities, which might help deal with hybrid threats. ~ Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

Future shackled is when uncertainty is the enemy that must be beaten into submission. ~ Bill Jensen

When you have pictured and defined your desired legacy, allow your present life activities and efforts to begin reflecting the future you desire. Begin to do what you want to see, become involved in the causes you want to be a part of. Show your legatees how you want and expect things to be done after you are gone. This will enable them to fit the vision into their own as they make their own individual unique mark. ~ Archibald Marwizi

Helping teacher leaders come to understand their gifts is the first step in developing a specialty. Some leaders are great coaches and should focus on instructional leadership in a district or network where that is valued and supported. Great conceptual thinkers are good in startup mode but the daily grind of leading a school doesn't suit them. Other leaders thrive on the turnaround challenge. The dynamic blended future of education will allow more role specialization. ~ Tom Vander Ark

Far too much corporate stupidity is disguised as cost-saving efficiencies. ~ Bill Jensen

Who have you chosen to become? ~ Bill Jensen

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future. ~ Mary Parker Follett

Being a team player will help you climb the ladder of success. Furthermore, a successful team player can rise to the level of team leader in the future. ~ Vishwas Chavan

Reliance in its purest, highest, form is a code to live by: That every life matters. Every future matters. Taking care of each other matters. And our shared purpose is to create amazing futures for our children's children. ~ Bill Jensen