Warren G Quotes

Screwing is more enjoyable than drilling bolt holes !.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

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

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

The president is the cuticle of the nail bed of America: one would think pushing back makes him stronger, yet it turns out the opposite is true.

I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was.

Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept.

We was different, and that's what made g-funk turn into what it turned into and create a new genre, and open up a lot of doors for other artists to feel free to do that type of stuff.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

We must proceed with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can repeal the inexorable laws of nature.

Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.

Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.

Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.

The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures

Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future... I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches... facilitate learning.

Companies which get misled by their own success are sure to be blind sided.

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

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

In order to serve its purpose, a vision has to be a shared vision.

While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.

The future has no shelf life

Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated.

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.

Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an "enemy."

Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.

What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.

I was spent up. I sure grabbed that girl of mine.

That's good. Go on, read some more.

Actually, we're just glorified flagpole sitters.

I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture.

I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved.

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.

If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have a war without one."

To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.

You need people who can walk their companies into the future rather than back them into the future.

Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

Every great group is an island... but an island with a bridge to the mainland.

Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.