Warren Bennis Quotes

I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing. ~ Warren Bennis

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. ~ Warren Bennis

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish. ~ Warren Bennis

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column. ~ Warren Bennis

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. ~ Warren Bennis

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. ~ Warren Bennis

As my blog editor knows all too well, I wasn't all that keen to enter the blogosphere world. ~ Warren Bennis

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. ~ Warren Bennis

The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations. ~ Warren Bennis

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. ~ Warren Bennis

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. ~ Warren Bennis

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others. ~ Warren Bennis

The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles. ~ Warren Bennis

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions. ~ Warren Bennis

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow. ~ Warren Bennis

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. ~ Warren Bennis

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality. ~ Warren Bennis

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them. ~ Warren Bennis

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. ~ Warren Bennis

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. ~ Warren G. Bennis

Leadership is the capacity to turn vision into reality. ~ Warren Bennis

Most regular, two-year MBA programs provide both experience and the capacity to link together the essential elements of management such as finance, marketing, organizational behavior, and operations. ~ Warren Bennis

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. ~ Warren Bennis

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ~ Warren Bennis

Ronald Reagan is the most ignorant president since Warren Harding. ~ Ralph Nader

We select such investments on a long-term basis, weighing the same factors as would be involved in the purchase of 100% of an operating business: (1) favorable long-term economic characteristics; (2) competent and honest management; (3) purchase price attractive when measured against the yardstick of value to a private owner; and (4) an industry with which we are familiar and whose long-term business characteristics we feel competent to judge. ~ Warren Buffett

Most of us want to have enough ... good works to get into heaven, but enough bad works to be fun. ~ Rick Warren

God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other. ~ Rick Warren

You are a Christian because somebody cared. Now it's your turn. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business. ~ Warren Buffett

Gethin Jenkins is one of the best loose-head props in the world. He hits up to 40 rucks a game, makes at least 10 carries and even more tackles. Those are amazing statistics for a prop and he is a very intelligent rugby player. ~ Warren Gatland

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize. ~ Warren Farrell

There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight. ~ Warren Buffett

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve. ~ Rick Warren

It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God's will. If you can't get it all done, it means you're trying to do more than God intended for you to do. ~ Rick Warren

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two. ~ Warren Spahn

You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for. ~ Rick Warren

Happiness isn't getting all that you want. It's enjoying all that you have. ~ Rick Warren

I don't have many friends," I said. "Not 'come over and eat popcorn and watch a stupid movie' friends. You and Warren are sort of it." I don't have many girlfriends. My work isn't conducive to meeting other women.
"Pretty sad," Kyle commented. Then he said, "You and Warren are the only people I eat popcorn with, too. ~ Patricia Briggs

The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings. ~ Rick Warren

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. ~ Warren Buffett

I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote. ~ Charlie Munger

You will be right, over the course of many transactions, if your hypotheses are correct, your facts are correct, and your reasoning is correct. True conservatism is only possible through knowledge and reason. ~ Warren Buffett

Thomas Piketty assembles the facts to prove a central point about trickle-down economics: Doesn't work. Never did. He has cold, hard data showing how the rich keep getting richer and how the playing field is rigged against working families. ~ Elizabeth Warren

Biblical hope means confidence in the future. It's a confidence born of faith. Faith, hope and love go together (1 Cor. 13). When we have faith in God, we claim His promises, and they give us hope for the future. Hope for the Christian is not a feeling of "I hope it's going to happen." It's exciting expectancy because God controls the future. When Jesus Christ is your Savior and your Lord, the future is your friend. You don't have to worry. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially. ~ Warren Farrell

Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed. ~ John Paul Warren

I like wherever I am. That's my big secret. ~ Warren Zevon

Charles Spurgeon used to say, "Little faith will take your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your soul." It is not enough that we long for heaven during times of suffering, for anybody can do that. What Peter urged his readers to do was exercise love, faith, and rejoicing, so that they might experience some of the glory of heaven in the midst of suffering now. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

This isn't my life. You are. ~ Claire Contreras

Canadians have this weird way about them where we really stick together. ~ Estella Warren

In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude. ~ Rick Warren

I cannot overemphasize the impact our childhood has on our ability to be honest because we live out what we learned as children in our adult relationships. ~ Cortney S. Warren

Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. ~ Rick Warren