A Quote by David Cottrell

To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

David Cottrell

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David Cottrell
British - Author
Born: 1953

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Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

Lysa TerKeurst

Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.

Pete Hoekstra

For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.

Monica Crowley

In my childhood, and particularly when I take the responsibility, I already have sort of keen desire, we must change our system. Then as soon as we reach India, 1959, at once we start working for democratization. Now here if remain in a political sort of field, supreme leader, at the same time religious leader, that may become hindrance of proper democracy.

Dalai Lama

Maturity is accepting the responsibility and totally understanding what responsibility means. So when we say, accept the responsibility for your attitude, we mean (1) become aware of how you think and how you feel; and (2) if there is any negativity, or if it is simply not as you want to feel then change it to make it right.

Thomas D

You become a leader in times of trouble. Leaders emerge when things don't go well. When everyone else starts pointing fingers, a leader takes responsibility.

Steve Young

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

Valentina Tereshkova

Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.

Laura Davies

By accepting responsibility, we take effective steps toward our goal: an inclusive human society on a habitable planet, a society that works for all humans and for all nonhumans. By accepting responsibility, we move closer to creating a world that works for all.

Sharif Abdullah

When you realize it's your responsibility to be a leader and create the world that you want to see, you have to do it.

Janelle Monae

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.

Ed Viesturs

Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

Heather Brewer

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Chili Davis

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.