“Bad leaders seek credit for success, but good leaders accept responsibility even when there is failure” Don’t make it all about you. Make it about the team. Don’t make it all about productivity. Make it about people. -PSA

“Leadership is power.” In every level of leadership, you carry a measure of power. Use that power carefully and wisely to make those you lead better and not to destroy them. -PSA

“If you hate loneliness and rejection, don’t try to be a leader” Leadership is lonely. The top is usually not crowded; it’s the bottom that is. In leadership and at the top, you tend to stand alone. -PSA 

“What is very difficult at first, if we keep on trying, gradually becomes easier” (Helen Keller) Nothing is impossible. If we set our minds on it, we can do it. -PSA

“You are in charge and you are the master of your life” How your life turns out is up to you. If you turn out to be successful, you are responsible. If you turn out a failure, blame yourself. -PSA

“God does for us what we believe He can and will do for us” -PSA

“This too is a fact: people do not always remember the good you did for them” There are some people who simply have short memories and there are others who are flat out ingrates. -PSA

“Great leaders possess a combination of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding” Wisdom helps you to know what to do, knowledge helps you to know how to do it, and understanding helps you to know which exact way to do it” -PSA

“Leadership and ‘followership’ is about trust” If your leader cannot trust you, he or she will not keep you around for long, and if the follower cannot trust the leader, he or she will not follow for long” -PSA

“Leave the past behind you. That is why it is called ‘past.’ It has passed” Leave the past where it occurred. Look forward. There is more ahead of you than there is behind you. -PSA