People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will return your lack of confidence with mediocrity. But if you believe in them and expect them to do well, they will go the extra mile trying to do their best.
If you're always at the head of the class, then you're in the wrong class.
Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.
The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room.
True Leadership always begins with the inner person.
Deciding what to be is more important than deciding what to do.