Leader Quotes

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

There are no more worlds to conquer!

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led.

To an old leader will be born an idiot heir, weak both in knowledge and in war.

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time.

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Screw normal. You know why? 'Cause if you're normal, the crowd will accept you. But if you're deranged, the crowd will make you their leader.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

Spiritual leaders are not made by man, nor any combination of men. Neither conferences, nor synods, nor councils can make them, but only God.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing."

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.

A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

A great leader is one who surrounds himself with great people who then, collectively, innovate and implement with success. If he tries to do it all by himself, he is an egotist and likely to fail.

The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.

A leader must listen to those under their supervision.

The business that leaders are in today, is the business of transforming awareness... There is deep longing for more meaning, for connections.

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

Communication can't always follow the top-down model. With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the people of this nation.

Whether in commerce, administration, or on the battlefield, leaders who win understand the Secret of Victory: Act first to finish first.

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.

To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.

Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality.

The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.

Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!