All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.
Theodore HesburghRead
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Leadership requires a clear vision and direction; without it, one cannot inspire others.
The quote emphasizes that true leadership is rooted in having a well-defined vision. A leader must articulate and communicate this vision to guide others effectively, as uncertainty and a lack of direction undermine the ability to motivate and unite a team or organization.
Themes
LeadershipVisionInspirationGuidanceMotivation
In practice
Example use cases
In a corporate training session to illustrate the importance of a leader's vision.
More from Theodore Hesburgh
All quotes βMy basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.
Theodore HesburghRead
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
Theodore HesburghRead
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another?
Theodore HesburghRead
Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.
Theodore HesburghRead
Similar quotes
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
Henry A. KissingerRead
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
Rick WarrenRead
Achievement comes to someone when he is able to do great things for himself. Success comes when he empowers followers to do great things with him. Significance comes when he develops leaders to do great things for him. But a legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him.
John C. MaxwellRead
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than fond memories and fast friendships. The enduring qualities of Massachusetts - the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant - will not be and could not be forgotten in the Nations Executive Mansion. They are an indelible part of my life, my convictions, my view of the past, my hopes for the future.
John F. KennedyRead
Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity set the expectations for behavior; they set a standard for our work. More than just a motto, for the men and women of the FBI, Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity is a way of life.
Robert MuellerRead
You have to build trust among team members so that people feel free to admit what they don't know, make mistakes, ask for help if they need it, apologize when necessary, and not hold back their opinions.
Patrick LencioniRead