Leadership used to be about creating certainty. Now it is about leading uncertainty

Topics: Certainty Quotes, Leadership Quotes

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to...

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.

I can't just put myself out on a limb anymore, I don't want to take...

I can't just put myself out on a limb anymore, I don't want to take...

I have faith in time; its the only certainty.

I have faith in time; its the only certainty.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that...

In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that...

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some...

In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how...

In a universe of ambiguity, this kind of certainty comes only once, no matter how...

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires...

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires...

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides...

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides...