Quotes from Max De Pree
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
- Max De Pree
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
- Max De Pree
A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
- Max De Pree
Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.
- Max De Pree
Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.
- Max De Pree
Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.
- Max De Pree
There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.
- Max De Pree
The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.
- Max De Pree
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
- Max De Pree
By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.
- Max De Pree
Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right
- Max De Pree
Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.
- Max De Pree