A Quote by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberian - Statesman
Born: October 29, 1938

You have to earn money the hard way. Because no-one will serve it up to you on a silver platter.

Gordon Wu

Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.

Terry Orlick

I realize now that it is a serious business requiring honest, hard work. The first time Hollywood was served up to me on a silver platter. I've finally gotten rid of the platter.

Sterling Hayden

I never had any forefathers. I was never handed anything on a silver platter.

Raj Kundra

I'd be the biggest hypocrite if I said I really worked very hard for my career, because it was given to me on a silver platter. I can't take any credit.

Fabio Lanzoni

The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

Jill Scott

Life is - the way God has given it to me was just a platter - a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful.

Johnny Cash

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?

Alicia Keys

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

Katarina Witt

Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter. Everything takes work, no matter how many records you put out.

Lights

Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.

David Cottrell

I didn't have everything served to me on a silver platter during my career; unfair criticism helped me.

Filippo Inzaghi

Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?

Dale Carnegie

I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.

Holly Near

Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.