68 Quotes by Donavan Nelson Butler

My position is for one to be thought of as a CHARACTER is totally different from one having CHARACTER.

If you haven't learned to love yourself you are in reality living a lie proclaiming to be in love with someone else.

When you look down the length of your chain and see it is made mostly of weak links it is time to pull out the bolt cutters.

You have a nearly a 0% chance of affecting change in others attitudes, behaviors, and skullduggery. However, you have a 100% chance of affecting your own attitude, behavior, resiliency, and reaction to all things within your direct ability to shape the outcome.

Your future is not fixed; it's fluid in motion. Your world is very malleable like clay desiring to be something useful. Go ahead feel free to hammer your life into shape like a skilled Blacksmith.

Fear is a liar and a good one at that, Fear feeds on self doubt and insecurities both internal and external. Know this, optimism, faith, and resilience are like penicillin to fear if it has been allowed in. But the best course of action is to not feed it in the first place.

You don’t know what your account balance of personal courage is until that situation presents itself where that check needs to be written and cashed

Let's make a deal, if you don't blame me for your failures I won't take credit for your successes.

A leader who allows their subordinates to suffer as proof of who is the boss likely quenches their thirst with salt water from a rusted canteen.