Leadership Quotes
John Wesley’s own grave holds the bones of many other people, including at least five ministers. One can only imagine the bickering.
Everyday that I procrastinate, everyday that I sit stagnant in fear, everyday that I fail to better myself, someone else out there with the same goals and dreams as me is doing the exact opposite.
Today my goal is to be more productive than I was yesterday, and tomorrow more productive than today.
Never allow doubt to roam unimpeded within you. When it arises acknowledge it immediately, and then exterminate it with extreme prejudice.
Adapt and adopt the peer-to-peer and open source models to wider implementation in organisations
One of the most significant barriers to progress is the lack of effective leadership.
In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds
Organisations are innovating quicker than ever. Your members need to excel from being a team player to a team builder.
Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don’t do.
Great leaders create great cultures regardless of the dominant culture in the organization.
Leaders set the context and create the conditions in which individuals and organizations thrive.
Before we ask where the leaders are, we should look in a mirror and ask the person we see “Why are you not leading”?
Nobody is rewarded for occupying a position, but for becoming effective in the position occupied. If you occupy a position, you must have the weight of influence in order to matter!
Somebody had said how only 15 paisa of the one rupee sent from the Centre reached the intended beneficiaries. The job of a leader isn't just to diagnose the disease but to treat it
Never follow a follower who is following someone who has fallen. It's why the whole world is falling apart.
Successful leaders know how to line up support for their initiatives and create the right environment for change and innovation.
Demonstrating integrity is indispensable for leaders.
Intellectuals are rarely successful as leaders. They are so trapped in their ideals that they cannot venture out in the real world to win and lead.
Leaders are usually a reflection of the people they lead. How can a leader be moral if his people are immoral?
Hatred is the emotional price leaders must pay for getting love and honour.
Effective leaders have the ability to serve and appreciate others while at the same time enabling them to achieve greatness.
Impersonators, with time give up hope, but great leaders imitate with discretion.
Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.
A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity.
Leadership defined: An equal and dual commitment to both results and relationships without compromising one for the other.
There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong.
The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.
The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.
Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of HISTORY.
There are no perfect leaders.
I have learnt from the politics of my great country, Nigeria that there is nothing wrong with the heads of states, but there is something wrong with the state of the heads.
Many have came before you and many will come after you, but none will ever be you. Some may even try to duplicate your characteristics, but they'll never succeed because you are unique.
I could impart excitement, but not urgency. – Francis Chen
Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.
Tunney has all the makings of a hero – he was clean living, intelligent, polite, reasonably good-looking – but, like Lou Gehrig, he lacked the chemistry that stirred affection.
Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.
Entrepreneur, don't just read history, write it so people can see the future in the present.
A struggle is fatally injured not so much by the stumbles of its leaders as by their mumbles
You have to grab the goal, visualise your vision, excel in excellence and then become distinct in distinction.
When you walk in distinction, you don’t compete with anyone but competition wants to compete with you.
Entrepreneur, you are your brand. Your website, business card, speech and how you walk and talk is your brand.
When you see recurring problems, the methods you’ve used successfully in the past have to be reevaluated.
Leadership is not about your ambition. It is about bringing out the ambitions of your team.
At the end of the day let their be no regrets, only a desire to do more tomorrow than you did today.