Quotations from Famous People

A Webquest for Leadership

IntroductionLeaders have a way of making you stop and pay attention to something they have said. Maybe you heard or read something that made you stop

and think about how you feel. Strong words that gave you strength or that helped you understand yourself or others. This Quest will allow you

to examine the words written and/or said by famous leaders. These quotations have affected others; and they may have an effect on you.

Task1.The Process - Go on-line

Log-on to the site: quotelady.com Click on Subjectsthen click on the link Leadership on the left side of the web page.

a. Find five quotations about Leadership - use copy and paste to copy the quotation into Microsoft Word

2.The Process - Create a PresentationHave a theme. Explain who is the person being quoted, why the quotation is famous, and what is the relevance.

3. Process Part 2 – What is your quote?Go back to quotelady.com and find quotes that motivate you and/or come up with your own quote.

4. Process Part 2 – Create a PresentationPut together a presentation with your quote that reflects who you are as a person

Eagles don't flock--you have to find them one at a time.—H. Ross Perot

Ross Perot was a salesman for IBM when he founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962. Perot managed to turn EDS into a multi-billion dollar corporation, becoming one of America's richest men. He sold EDS in 1984 to General Motors for $2.5 billion. From 1969 to 1972 worked to get American POWs out of Southeast Asia. In 1979 Perot participated in a private mission to Iran to rescue two hostages who were employees of EDS.Perot was a surprise candidate in the U.S. presidential elections of 1992, running as an independent (under the banner of the newly-created group United We Stand America) against Republican president George Bush and Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton.

•QUOTEPerot used this quote during his Presidential campaign in 1992.

Leaders don’t follow the flock, they do what they think is best and not necessarily what the whole group wants or thinks should be done.