Mark Miller Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing left but the attempt and not trying is the same as failing. — Mark Miller

Expecting the best is not about always being right. It is about a belief in yourself and in your team. — Mark Miller

You need to think of your quest for wisdom as a hunger that will never be satiated. The mere thought that you've arrived will spawn pride and arrogance. — Mark Miller

Man owns nothing, never will, though he holds on to illusions of such, in the end he finds what is left-character and integrity. And if none be found was he truly here?
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To see your-self you must first be yourself, to be your-self you must first know yourself, and to know your-self you must first love your-self more than anything in the world.-Mark Miller — Mark Miller

You can lead with or without a title. If you wait until you get a title, you may wait forever. — Mark Miller

Cookbooks are almost a substitution for a lost sense of culture. People want some other life than the one they're living, so they buy a cookbook with pictures and imagine themselves as part of that life. — Mark Miller

Solitude and loneliness are two separate things. One you choose out of wisdom, the other out of necessity.
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Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness. — Mark Miller

If your heart is not right, no one cares about your skills. — Mark Miller

Leaders don't try to make people unhappy. However, leaders just know, progress is always preceded by change." "And some people don't like change, — Mark Miller

Believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders. — Mark Miller

When you see recurring problems, the methods you've used successfully in the past have to be reevaluated. — Mark Miller

If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. — Mark Miller

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait. — Mark Miller

Contrary to conventional leadership in which the leader's focus is on himself and what he can accomplish and achieve. Rather, the focus is on those being served. Servant leaders do many of the same things other leaders do - cast vision, build teams, allocate resources, and so on. The big difference is their orientation and their motivation; these make all the difference in the world. They possess an others-first mindset. The servant leader constantly works to help others win. — Mark Miller

Leaders are dealers in hope. — Mark Miller

The best leaders want to leverage all the capabilities of the people in their organization. — Mark Miller

If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader. — Mark Miller

Many of our leadership practices have gone from being tried and true to being tired and tarnished. — Mark Miller

You cannot run a multimillion-dollar business like you would a lemonade stand. — Mark Miller

The best leaders don't blame others. They own their actions and their outcomes. — Mark Miller

We do not see with our eyes nor with our minds, we only see through the feelings of our Emotions.-Mark Miller — Mark Miller

When faced with a challenging or difficult situation, the best leaders most often respond with courage; less mature leaders, or nonleaders often choose another path-a path with less risk, less conflict, and less personal discomfort. — Mark Miller

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets. — Mark Miller

If you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers. — Mark Miller

The glass is always completely full-half air and half liquid. — Mark Miller

When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game. — Mark Miller

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves. — Mark Miller

When leaders lead well, not everyone is going to be happy. — Mark Miller

To find meaning and truth in life place a blindfold on and observe your surroundings, you may find it right in front of you.-Mark Miller — Mark Miller

You can win in business by playing checkers until someone sneaks in one night after you've closed for the day and flips the board. — Mark Miller

Title doesn't make someone a leader - and the absence of a title shouldn't keep someone from leading. — Mark Miller