Leadership Quotes

live as temporal, serve as eternal

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people, but those of multinational corporations.

Diplomacy is the delicate weapon of the civilized warrior."- Hun, A. T.

It is the tendency of deep feeling to subdue the manner rather than to render it too energetic.

[T]hese leaders must not believe they are actually being watched, for their behavior in no way reflects the possible existence of a set of values or ethical laws that supersedes their own dominion.

Government was rarely more than a choice between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Leaders..should influence others..in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others.

‎"You will never reach your dreams without honoring others along the way.

Many have exchanged the touch of God for the applause of men

The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work ot make it better.

Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity

Women feel a need for a certain level of prior training and experience that men do not necessarily demand in order to jump into a new role. There's a need for women to trust themselves more...

Count your blessings, discount you’re loses

Through real-life stories, Kristin Kaufman illustrates the core idea of being present in the moment and opening oneself up to new ideas in order to become an authentic leader in life.

In a team setting, leadership is shared by a community of people, which counters the tendency for pastors to form congregations in their own images.

The process of gaining power employs means which degrade or brutalize the seeker, who awakes to find that power has been possessed at the cost of virtue or moral purpose lost.

The choice to lead is nurtured by the willingness to rise above challenges of life.

If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction.

If you don’t know what you value in life, then you won’t be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future.

You accomplish exactly as much as the people who serve you decide you'll accomplish, and nothing more.

a leadership is a position of action process of abolition, completion of mission, over come oppositionand submission of duties

How was your day? If your answer was "fine, " then I don't think you were leading.

Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary.

To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant.

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

Men of God are not just born, they are formed

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better

Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands.

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader."- Capt. Bligh(ret.)

All that technical expertise isn't worth a damn if you don't get the best out of people, though. . . . These were leaders who saw strength in ordinary people and showed them how to break tyranny.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...

We shall all respect the principle of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act oppression to any portion of the people

Be your self at your personal best

If your culture is how you do business internally, your brand is what people believe about you externally.

You can’t be “it” for everyone. In fact, if you try to please everyone, you will please no one, especially yourself.

You’ve got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand.

Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for howyour brand is portrayed.

Never take lightly that becoming an employer puts another person’s ability to provide for their life in your hands.

Train your new employee properly. Sounds so obvious, and yet it often doesn’t happen.

Treat your employees like you would want to be treated if you were an employee.

Comprehension is the ability to follow an explanation.Understanding is the ability to be able to lead if needed.

A leader is someone who figures out the way, then gets out of the way so others can lead.

It is better to be a Number Two in a working system, than be a Number One yet lack capacity to make the system work.

How to uplift others. It’s not a pie, it’s a cake. It’s not a ladder, it’s a bridge.

The magnificence of light can only be seen when it strikes an obstacle. Likewise, the magnificence of a leader is in how he deals with problems.

If there isn't a struggle, there's no stretch, and therefore no growth. Easy doesn’t change you and comfort won’t challenge you. Coasting isn't a strategy.

Customer service has everything to do with consistency, systems, training, and the habits you and your team create.

Love for others is the foundation of leadership.Simplicity is the language of leadership.Authenticity is the true character of leadership.

Ideal humane leadership begins with a real demonstration of love, continues relating with acceptance of fellow humankind and consciously follows that through with every opportunity.