Leadership Quotes - Page 32

They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.

William Manchester

Teamwork is the best ever investment. If I make 3 and you make 5, together we will not make 8. We will make 15. Leaders build active teams!

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He not only had the gift of “reading” men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.

I'm the boss. I gotta pretend to worry.

The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy.

William Manchester

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

David Halberstam

Now, as you well know, it is not seldom the case in this conventional world of ours - watery or otherwise; that when a person placed in command over his fellow-men finds one of them to be very significantly his superior in general pride of manhood, straightway against that man he conceives an unconquerable dislike and bitterness; and if he have a chance he will pull down and pulverize that subaltern's tower, and make a little heap of dust of it.

Herman Melville

As the sun rises first on mountain-tops and gilds them with his light, and presents one of the most charming sights to the eye of the traveller; so is it one of the most delightful contemplations in the world to mark the glow of the Spirit's light on the head of some saint, who has risen up in spiritual stature.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function.

David Halberstam

The air of compromise is rarely appreciated fully by men of principle. C. Vann Woodward

Your relationships will either empower you to overcome obstacles, or put fears in you so you can run away from them.

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The desire to swim in deeper waters is what gives a greater experience. Nothing new comes out of being ordinary. Leaders take risks.

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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Henry Kissinger

What happens when a leader misses his steps on the ladder is what happens when a train misses the rail. Be on track.

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Until you do your best, don't try to take a rest. Until you take a leap, don't try to sleep. Until you top, don't try to stop.

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Leaders are solutions conscious. They don’t complain. You would find them repeating this common question; “how will it be done, and by who?

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Leaders inform, inspire and improve people. They educate, empower and enrich the value of their followers. They make impacts.

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A leader in 10 minutes can unlock your potentials which in reality would have taken you 10 years to do without them.

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Leaders don't cry for what country can do for them for free. They dream about what they can do for country at high cost.

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People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results.

Why ships won't use roads, is why cars won't travel on oceans. When the position is wrong, the leader won't be right.

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Leaders gather scattered people with the positive influence of intimacy while misleaders scatter gathered people with the negative influence of intimidation.

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The skills of a leader will determine how excellent he will perform. His attitude will determine how often he will do that.

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A leader isn't born after 9 months' conception. When talents are discovered, skills are mastered & values are developed, a leader is born.

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If you see a leader solving one conflict wisely, remember he is working hard to prevent 10 of such from happening!

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If you want to be a leader, don't stand on the toes of dwarfs. Mount the shoulders of giants and you will see further.

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In being able to learn from his mistakes and grow, Eisenhower "was transformed from a mere person into a personage.

Freedom is willpower to act for a change.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Almost everything a leader fails to achieve is anything he fails to try. What is not attempted is what is difficult to do.

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To become a leader, renovate your mind with painting of peace and roof your heart with ceiling of love. No love, no leader!

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Don't confuse one leader's bluster for muster or another leader's meekness for weakness.

You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.

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So often in the church, being a pastor or a "spiritual leader" means being the example of "godly living." A pastor is supposed to be the person who is really good at this Christianity stuff — the person others can look to as an example of righteousness. But as much as being the person who is the best Christian, who "follows Jesus" the most closely can feel a little seductive, it's simply never been who I am or who my parishioners need me to be. I'm not running after Jesus. Jesus is running my ass down. Yeah, I am a leader, but I'm leading them onto the street to get hit by the speeding bus of confession and absolution, sin and sainthood, death and resurrection — that is, the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm a leader, but only by saying, "Oh, screw it. I'll go first.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Leaders do what is uncomfortable but helpful. They run away from the comfort that doesn't produce any help for the world.

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Learning from failure boosts a leader's chance of staying ahead of his standards. Leaders who rise quickly after falling are always stable.

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A leader does not reduce his speeds to meet the views of negative thinkers. He leaves them to do their job as he focuses.

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People either build a castle or a dungeon. The former by their virtues, pull people into positive edifices with gainful impression. The later by their vices, push people into negative huts with painful oppression.

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Leaders scan the future so it can be free of doubts and fear. They do so by not living a double standard life in the present.

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Do not mistake a leader's meekness for weakness.

Pride, anger and hatred are fruits from the same garden that poison the world when ripe. A leader cultivates no such fruits.

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Every great leader once fell down from a tall ladder. You don't become a star until you get the scar. Take that risk now.

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Words do less than 10 things, but actions do more than 10 thousand things. Leaders don’t talk in vain; they follow with actions.

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Greed squeezes your dreams into a portable size, so that failure can easily carry them to dump somewhere.

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Many self-leaders lead the world even by being invisible. The world learns from them without sitting in their classrooms.

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Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.

Leaders find something to die for, not something to live on. If you haven't found something to die for yet, you can't lead.

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Environment has its own ways of limiting us tightly. But leaders have their own ways of escaping those limitations narrowly.

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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.

Antoine De Saint Exupery

The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.

Leaders don't pray to God for money. They simply ask for His grace to solve problems. By solving problems, the money comes.

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When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

You can easily miss out on the joy of today by worrying about the “what if’s” of tomorrow. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, so bask in the joy of the day and tomorrows “what if’s” will take care of themselves.

Simply thinking creatively is not the same as being innovative, and only those who risk breaking out of their comfort zone by putting thought into action will discover the profusion of opportunity that exists.

Leaders do not play a "what if game". They believe it will be and work it to be! Success is scarce because fear is common.

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The only relevance worth to pursue, is living your passion through your interests.

Leaders' major question is "why". If they lose, they ask "why". If they win, they ask "why". Their "whys" weave their wonders.

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Get attached to your dreams; The but to that statement is, be open to all possibilities in your mission.

The altitude of any relation is possible through discourse.

It is easier to fall off the ladder once you on top, the balance is being aware of your environment.

People are tired of being told that it's possible... It's time to show them how it can be possible. Leadership is demonstration.

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