Stephen Michael Stirling Quotes

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

We must be headlights and not taillights.

You can't lead from the crowd.

To be a leader means to be able to move masses

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Leadership is about setting a good example for others to follow.

A leader is someone who is always a step ahead of his people … but never more than one step … always close enough in order to understand his people and for his people to understand and feel him.

Leaders must go ahead even when moving ahead is controversial. You must be ahead of time, because if you want to represent the status quo, what do you need leaders for?

The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast

Leaders are not dogmatic. They are principled and know that change is never easy, but when it's necessary, they must lead.

Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.

If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

Things happen fast. That's this league. You can't slow down, because it's going.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.