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1. "Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary." ~ Warren G. Bennis
2. "Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right." ~ Warren G. Bennis
3. "The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment." ~ Warren G. Bennis
4. "People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out." ~ Warren G. Bennis
5. "Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth." ~ Warren G. Bennis
6. "The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it." ~ Warren G. Bennis
7. "Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult." ~ Warren G. Bennis
8. "Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard." ~ Warren G. Bennis
9. "Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery." ~ Warren G. Bennis
10. "Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led." ~ Warren G. Bennis
11. "Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line." ~ Warren G. Bennis
12. "Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person." ~ Warren G. Bennis
13. "Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them." ~ Warren G. Bennis
14. "Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work." ~ Warren G. Bennis
15. "Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality." ~ Warren G. Bennis
16. "The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon." ~ Warren G. Bennis
17. "Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow." ~ Warren G. Bennis
18. "The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective." ~ Warren G. Bennis
19. "There is a profound difference between information and meaning." ~ Warren G. Bennis
20. "The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why." ~ Warren G. Bennis
21. "Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do." ~ Warren G. Bennis
22. "Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls." ~ Warren G. Bennis
23. "The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices." ~ Warren G. Bennis
24. "...once you recognize, or admit, that your primary goal is to fully express yourself, you will find the means to achieve the rest of your goals..." ~ Warren G. Bennis
25. "Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept." ~ Warren G. Bennis
26. "Neoteny is more than retaining a youthful appearance, although that is often part of it. Neoteny is the retention of all those wonderful qualities that we associate with youth: curiosity, playfulness, eagerness, fearlessness, warmth, energy. Unlike those defeated by time and age, our geezers have remained much like our geeks – open, willing to take risks, hungry for knowledge and experience, courageous, eager to see what the new day brings. Time and lost steal the zest from the unlucky, and leave them looking longingly at the past. Neoteny is a metaphor for the quality – and the gift – that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all marvelous undiscovered things to come." ~ Warren G. Bennis
27. "If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out." ~ Warren G. Bennis
28. "Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them." ~ Warren G. Bennis
29. "You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future." ~ Warren G. Bennis
30. "It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers." ~ Warren G. Bennis

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