Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.

Don't show up to prove. Show up to improve.

The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.