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Members of PLS have shared their favorite leadership quote.
Sean Baltes, DPH-3
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” — John Adams |
Amy Bowles, DPH-3
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” — Eleanor Roosevelt |
Kelby Drogemuller, DPH-3
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” — Dolly Parton |
Kaelyn Dwyer, DPH-3
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” — Mother Teresa |
Jess Fairbanks, DPH-3
“Fighting spirit spreads like fire from one person to another. A leader’s daring spirit will kindle flames of enthusiasm and inspire an entire organization.” — Daisaku Ikeda |
Lauren Glaza, DPH-3
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” — Jim Rohn |
Lindsey Goebel, DPH-3
“A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.” —Maya Angelou |
Mara Gosch, DPH-3
“You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title.” — Travis Bradberry |
Kaitlin Hutchinson, DPH-3
“You are never too small to make a difference” — Greta Thunberg |
Lauren Komberec, DPH-3
“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” — Ralph Nader |
John Lilek, DPH-2
“We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.” — Robert Baden-Powell |
Sydney McKersie, DPH-3
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” —John F. Kennedy |
Jared Meister, DPH-3
“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” — Vince Lombardi |
Nora Pecha, DPH-3
“Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.” — Roy T. Bennett |
Taylor Redfern, DPH-3
“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” — Joanne Ciulla |
Hannah Roskopf, DPH-3
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams |
Rhiann Sato, DPH-3
“Leadership is not a person or a position. It is a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion, and a shared vision of the good.” — Joanne Ciulla |
Jalissa Weier, DPH-3
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu |
Gabriel Barrillas, DPH-4
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ” |
Amanda Egbert, DPH-4
“Leadership is about the team – the culture they keep and embrace, it’s about empathy for your customers, clients, employees and the communities where you do business, it’s about doing the right thing for the right reasons, being confident enough to take risks and responsible enough to think of those who your decisions and risks may affect.” — Kat Cole |
Kathryn Freitag, DPH-4
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams |
Cara Helgeson, DPH-4
“Leaders become great not because of their powder but, because of their ability to empower others.” — John Maxwell |
Joyce Hu, DPH-4
“True leadership lies in guiding others to success – in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do, and doing it well.” — Bill Owens |
Magdalena Jasinska, DPH-4
“While we may be individually strong, we are collectively powerful.” — Rakhi Voria |
Taylor Lueder, DPH-4
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg |
Clara Nickel, DPH-4
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” —John F. Kennedy |
Jenna Nordin, DPH-3
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but out to be.” — Rosalynn Carter |
Molly O’Connell, DPH-4
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg |
Ebunoluwa Olapo, DPH-4
“The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.” — John Maxwell |
Hope Schier, DPH-4
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg |
Laura Seitz, DPH-4
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg |
Madeline Szubert, DPH-3
“Do not be afraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes.” — Carly Fiorina |
Isabel Wedig, DPH-4
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” — Sheryl Sandberg |
Elizabeth Farley, DPH-2
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter |
Lily Brabazon, DPH-2
“Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more.” – Simon Sinek |
Ethan Laferriere, DPH-2
“A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” – Eeyore |
Quinlan Alfredson, DPH-2
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority” – Ken Blanchard |
Dylan Erdelt, DPH-2
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” –Barack Obama |
Joey Jimenez, DPH-2
“You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? A goldfish. Why? It’s got a 10-second memory. Be a goldfish.” – Ted Lasso |
Ryan Smith, DPH-2
“To add value to others, one must first value others.” – John Maxwell |
Kristen Tudahl, DPH-2
“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” – Bill Bradley |
Alyssa Guckenberger, DPH-2 “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou |
Sean Moran, DPH-1
“Leadership is not about being the loudest or the most authoritative, but about inspiring and uniting the team.” – Carles Puyol |
Mitchell Schumann, DPH-1
“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” – John Maxwell
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Lauren Elizabeth Marie Koch, DPH-1
“Leadership is taking accountability yourself and holding others to the same standard, regardless of what’s going on.” – Jason Kelce |
Emily Lloyd, DPH-1
“Lead the people by example. Work hard for them….Tirelessly” – Confucius |
Alexis Wery, DPH-1
“Leadership is an action, not a position.” – Donald McGannon |
Hayley Joy Smith, DPH-1
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” – Harold S. Geneen |
Ryan Powis, DPH-1
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen” -Winston Churchill |
Pahoua Yang, DPH-2
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” – Douglas MacArthur |
María E Moreno Santiago, DPH-1
“Let the desire for service fill your life. That’s how a leader comes to rise. Let the smiles of others be the starting point of yours and their laughter echo in the concavities of your soul… and then we’ll know, a true leader indeed was born.” –María E. Moreno Santiago |
Virginia Quach, DPH-1
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou |
Ellie Maday, DPH-2
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” – Harold S. Geneen |