Leadership Quotes

Leadership is all about getting results.

A fundamental responsibility of leadership is make sure that everybody knows the mission, understands it, lives it.

Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

If you want it, measure it. If you can't measure it, forget it.

Research shows that girls look at leadership differently than boys.

The selection of leadership must follow practical considerations. Maybe I look at things too pessimistically?

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old.

I think the leadership of a company should encourage the next generation not just to follow, but to overtake.

The importance of command leadership. Clear objective and strategy and loyalty to those reporting to you.

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management.

America has receded from the world. Today our friends and allies don't trust us. And our enemies don't fear us. I think we should get back, number one, to American leadership in the world.

It is very simple to be likeable in Washington. You just go along to get along. You just do what your leadership wants.

Anybody will do for you, but not for me.

One of my favorite quotes from Thomas Edison is, "If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would astound ourselves." I believe leadership is a journey of learning and growing.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can.

Donald Trump's meeting with the president of Mexico comes after months of bashing that country and its political leadership. Trump has called the Mexican government corrupt and dishonest.

There are themes that somehow stir me and that I find very interesting. They're themes that deal with leadership, the nature of bravery and courage, and how to define those.

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

Trust is the glue in relationships and organizations

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation.

I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.

The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.

We communicate much more through our presence than the words.

Leadership is not communicating what we need. Leadership is communicating what we can contribute.

Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

I think that you can't choose leadership. You have to deal with the leadership that the people respond to.

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us.

Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice.

Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead.

We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.

Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.

The ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.

Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.