Leadership Quotes - Page 5

A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.

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If you are going to hide yourself and you will not stand against the work of the bad people, you have given them an endorsement.

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Silence is very dangerous, especially when your words can be the only source of healing at a moment.

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I was taught that the most hardworking nurse is found at the dirtiest part of the clinical ward.

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People who swim very well in troubled waters are respected and celebrated than those who swim excellently in calm waters.

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Don’t complain of terrible circumstances. It has been proven several times that they are the sources of celebrated trophies.

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No one has the right to pee on your dreams!

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You don’t need a huge number of people with little passions to get a good job done. You rather need few people with huge passion.

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You missed it when you pay more attention to the damaged car in the mechanic shop than the sick human being in the hospital.

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You can lead if you can serve. You can serve when you can love. You can love when you are graced. The truth is that God knows love will be needed in volumes, this is why he made his grace abundant. Leaders are lovers. Misleaders are haters!

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Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.

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You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.

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When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.

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If you are an aspiring leader and you have not yet gone through any trouble, prepare for one. It is by going through the hard times that you become harder against the storms of life.

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There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America’s jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X’s} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells.

Money Can make things better but a perfect relationship makes your life complete.

The Shoes Should fit! you can't build a business that is not yours.

Ideal humane leadership begins with a real demonstration of love, continues relating with acceptance of fellow humankind and consciously follows that through with every opportunity.

Neither mislead nor misguide.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Be your self at your personal best

John Paul Warren

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.

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Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.

Amit Ray

[T]hese leaders must not believe they are actually being watched, for their behavior in no way reflects the possible existence of a set of values or ethical laws that supersedes their own dominion.

Arthur C. Clarke

In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.

Amit Ray

You are not alone in the struggles of life. Entire cosmos is with you. It evolves through the way you face and overcome challenges of life. Use everything in your advantage.

Amit Ray

Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance.

Michael Bassey Johnson

You can’t move up in the staircase of leadership unless you are emotionally intelligent.

Amit Ray

Together we are better

John Paul Warren

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.

It is not enough to believe. Believe must lead to change of attitude and conduct.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The drum to which we march reveals the conductor to whom we’re listening.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

The greatest men stand on their values and pray on their knees.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

As a leader, you will see things you may never like to see; yours is to correct those things so that next time you open your eyes, you will see better things you wish to be seeing always. Leaders learn to right the wrong of society.

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Leaders don’t give excessive vocal orders. They humbly involve people and together cooperate with them to make a change happen.

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Great leadership involves three things. The ability to realize when you are wrong, a willingness to learn from it, and an eagerness to change course if necessary.

Be the initiator of things you wish to see, but can’t see. Be the originator of things you wish you feel but can’t feel.

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People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.

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Five people with passion can do better than fifty people with mere desire or interest.

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It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, you can’t be called a bird. Leaders make impacts because they create new ideas and so if you can’t think of any new innovative ideas, you can’t be a leader.

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Until you fall in love with positive change, becoming passionate about improving the status quo, you won’t become a leader.

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I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all people, a leader of women? It says something profound about leadership - and, if anything - what it says about followers is not very flattering at all.

Christina Engela

A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions.

A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens.

Cruel people are not only people who kill innocent people with guns. Individuals who steal from government coffers to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor are grossly cruel.

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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

Aberjhani

Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.

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Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.

When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.

The competency of people you mobilize to work with will determine the output you will receive. As a leader, always look for people who buy into your vision.

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Most great accomplishments do not look promising in the beginning. If you give up on a big dream too early, you have probably stepped on gold and mistook it for a rock.

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When you do it, you are not another dreamer

When two brothers are busy fighting, an evil man can easily attack and rob their poor mother. Mankind should always stay united, standing shoulder to shoulder so evil can never cheat and divide them.

Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you want them to hear, and they'll soon turn away.

Good people who are always silent for bad people to gain freedom and do their worsts are the most dangerous wastes the world ever has.

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People who achieve marvelously in critical challenges are commended than people who achieve same things on the silver platter.

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Don't let your fear of criticism suffocate your leadership potential. Once you begin to speak your truth, you will discover the people who have been waiting for someone exactly like you. Until you speak up, all you need is the faith that they exist. And I promise you: they do.

Vironika Tugaleva

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