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Roots of Leadership By Riley - Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:45 pm EST
I complied this interesting arc of quotes that speak to the issue of leadership and Barack Obama’s readiness to serve as Commander-in-Chief. Something I have learned in over 30 years in the business world… Good Managers maintain the status quo, Great Leaders inspire others to excel!Roots of Leadership Six Degrees of Separation – from Hillary Clinton to Barack ObamaHillary ClintonHugh RodhamHugh Rodham (Hillary Clinton’s father), was a former Penn State Nittany Lion football player. “Until his dying day, he thought that if there was a perfect person on earth, his name was Joe Paterno.”William J. Clinton, former president of the United States from Quotable Joe by L Budd Thalman, 2000, TowleHouse_________________________________________________________________________Joe Paterno“Every football coach (leader) ought to see the movie "Patton". He had the ability to rally people around a cause, to get them to make greater sacrifices than they thought were possible. He had the ability to get people to do things by sheer power of his personality, by his drive and his inspirational qualities. In that respect he was fantastic. He paid attention to small details and felt that if you took care of the little things, the big things would take care of themselves. He was a bug on spirit and morale. He believed that he was destined for great things and there was never any doubt in his mind that he would succeed. That's the attitude a football coach (leader) must have.” from Quotable Joe by L Budd Thalman, 2000, TowleHouse_________________________________________________________________________Gen. George S. Patton"A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it."“Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way!”http://www.generalpatton.com© Estate of General George S. Patton Jr.____________________________________________________________________Stanley Dunham Ann Dunham Barack Obama“As a candidate for the presidency, I know that I am running to become Commander-in-Chief - to safeguard this nation's security, and to keep that sacred trust. There is no responsibility that I take more seriously. We know that the America we live in is the legacy of those who have borne the burden of battle. You are part of an unbroken line of Americans who threw off the tyranny of a King; who held the country together and set the captives free; who faced down fascism and fought for freedom in Korea and Vietnam; who liberated Kuwait and stopped ethnic cleansing in the Balkans; and who fight bravely and brilliantly under our flag today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keeping faith with those who serve must always be a core American value and a cornerstone of American patriotism. Because America's commitment to its servicemen and women begins at enlistment, and it must never end.Without that commitment, I probably wouldn't be here today. My grandfather - Stanley Dunham - enlisted after Pearl Harbor and went on to march in (Gen. George S.) Patton's (3rd) Army (that help liberate Europe in World War II). My mother (Ann Dunham), was born at Fort Leavenworth and my grandmother worked on a bomber assembly line. After my grandfather stood up for his country, America stood by him. He went to college on the GI Bill, bought his first home with help from the Federal Housing Authority. Then he moved his family west to Hawaii, where I was born, and where he and my grandmother helped raise me. He is buried in the Punchbowl, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, where 776 victims of Pearl Harbor are laid to rest.”I knew him when he was older. But I think about him now and then as he enlisted - a man of 23, fresh-faced with a wise-guy grin - when I see young men and women signing up to serve today. These sons and daughters of America are the best and bravest among us. And they are signing up at a time when the dangers that America faces are great.”Excerpts from Remarks of Senator Obama: A Sacred TrustKansas City, MO | August 21, 2007, www.barackobama.com
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