Leadership Quotes

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.

It [terrorism] happened because intelligence, leadership and police failures made it possible.

Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.

We want time in with our kids not time out.

And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.

Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege.

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It's a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work.

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

There is only one thing worse than training employees and losing them, and that's not training them and keeping them

When Nehemiah's heart was broken he paid attention to his broken heart.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.

If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.

Everyone wants to connect with someone who people think is someone.

The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain't at.

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

What is this generation of students worth? It's worth everything.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.

If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed.

I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.

Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.

I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Too many kings can ruin an army

I can't change you and you can't change me, but together we can work to change the world.

All Disruption starts with introspection.

If you're not called crazy when you launch something new, it means you're not thinking BIG enough.

I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

In leadership, there are no words more important than trust.

Noone's a leader if there are no followers.