Frances Hesselbein

Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. ”

When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there. ”

Carry a big basket. In other words, be open to new ideas, different partners, and new practices, and have a willingness to dump out the old and irrelevant to make room for new approaches. ”

Simple questions can be profound, and answering them requires us to make stark and honest - and sometimes painful - self-assessments. ”

In 1976, I was invited to interview for the CEO position of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. ”

Donors do not reward good intentions. ”

There is just one reason that we are placed on this Earth. That reason is to love and be loved - in that order. ”

I'll meet people and tell them what I do, and their first reaction is usually, 'Oh, I love Thin Mints!' And you know, they are awfully good. ”

Move beyond the old assumptions, practices, and language that can be barriers to equal access. ”

I lost my son in late 2011. He had been totally incapacitated from his neck down for the last eight years of his life, but his mind was alive and brilliant in those years. He even wrote a book, 'Allegheny Mountain,' lying at home in his hospital bed. ”