Leadership Quotes

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

People who cease to grow can't inspire others. Leadership begins with challenging oneself.

Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

What blame did Jesus have when He took the full blame for your sin?

I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.

Influencers refuse to leave the world they way they found it. They leave a legacy.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

You just do it one step at a time.

Leadership is knowing what to do next, knowing why that's important, and knowing how to bring the appropriate resources to bear on the need at hand.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

Leadership is one of sports intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, Follow me.

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.

The dictatorship of the proletariat and the leadership of the Marxist-Leninist party are indispensable conditions for the triumph of the Socialist revolution and the building of Socialism.

Leaders think differently about themselves, and this distinguishes them from followers.

In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

Leadership success is measured by the success of your successor.

It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of respect, recognition, or protection from the Government.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be.

Progress requires change.

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

The shortest distance to leadership is service.

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.

Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.

We were not designed to be dominated.

Making an enduring company was both harder and more important than making a great product.

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

Your success will shine as a light of hope and inspire numbers you cannot total.

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

The most important thing about leadership is your character and the values that guide your life.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

Really, people are not a school of fish. Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

I would rather gamble on our vision than make a 'me, too' product.

Your team has entrusted a portion of their life to you, and it's your job to help them grow, personally and professionally.

Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.