What Is A Leader Quotes

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.

Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

Every leader can get more passion, ingenuity and energy from their people, and every employees wants to feel connected to a great cause. When this works, it really is amazing to see.

The leader demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Humility is more powerful than egoistic pride. Water is more powerful than the strongest cliff and Love is more powerful than might.

Do not desire a long life or an early death

Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

Throughout history the leaders of the countries have been very particular about what songs should be sung. We know the power of songs.

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye.

Senator majority leader, Mitch McConnell, slammed [Donald] Trump's comments about burning the American flag which is protected under the first amendment should lead to jail time.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think).

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.

It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.

If you don't find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead.

Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall.

I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.

To be an excellent leader, you have to be a superb follower.

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

The Law is supposed to keep us safe and strong and able to birth healthy children, yet the Law wants us to tear each other apart to find a leader. The Law's a bunch of hypocrisy.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

Most leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change, many ordinary people must also be involved.

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

Broken-hearted leaders change things that go beyond their generation.

Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.

You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.

We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.

There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.

In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.

Among modern occupations, only cult leaders and TV weathermen rival the technological visionary's ability to retain credibility despite all evidence to the contrary.

Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.

A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

I said last week that the number on Jean's back does not matter. He stays effective as a runner, decision-maker and leader.

The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

Be a mentor to others. Your most important legacy is preparing new leaders to carry on your goals.

Economics is primarily useful, both to the student and to the political leader, as a prophylactic against popular fallacies.

The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.

You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's going to get it done.

I like Hilary Clinton. I think she's - she's a fantastic leader.