Leadership Quotes

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.

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

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations.

God is not a taker. God is a giver.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.

I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the hip-hop community.

There is no precedent of a civilian population, displaced by a war that their leadership started and lost, claiming a right to return to territory that they failed to conquer.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.

Leadership is influencing a community to follow Jesus.

My experience is that Delhi behaves the way the leadership defines.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why - Warren Bennis, Leadership Guru It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief

What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.

We have to recognise that the validation of identity comes through relationships we have and what we produce.

Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable

I believe in women. I believe in myself. I believe in my body.

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision. Don't allow your mind to become cluttered.

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together.

I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others.

To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.

If your leadership isn't all about you, it will live beyond you.

The power for authentic leadership is found not in external arrangements, but in the human heart.

Those who can command themselves command others.

When the sea was calm all ships alike showed mastership in floating.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

As a leader, you will never get ahead until your people are behind you.

What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.

Finish every day and be done with it.

Leadership is all about people … and getting the most out of people.

I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way.

If you don't treat your own people well, they won't treat other people well.

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change.

Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership

God uses broken-hearted leaders.