Leadership Quotes - Page 56

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive;and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attachedto you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.

Sun Tzu

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow.

And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.

You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Anonymous

...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.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

Tina Fey

Power isn’t control at all — power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Lao Tzu

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

George S. Patton Jr.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others....

Gordon B. Hinckley

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

Brandon Sanderson

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an o

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

Aristotle

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

Brandon Sanderson

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

George S. Patton Jr.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Albert Schweitzer

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Brandon Sanderson

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

Henry David Thoreau

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

A bit of adviceGiven to a young Native AmericanAt the time of his initiation:As you go the way of life,You will see a great chasm. Jump.It is not as wide as you think.

Joseph Campbell

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

William Arthur Ward

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

Margaret Thatcher

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

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

Lailah Gifty Akita

When listeners become leaders, the world changes.

Rev. Kellen Roggenbuck

WHEN SIN HINDERS YOUR WORSHIP.God will never delay His promise.You have delayed Him."..However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8b

God will never delay His promise.You have delayed Him.

Live life to the fullest or foolest.

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

The most formidable way to lead is to serve. And while the perplexing oxymoron of such a grinding statement absolutely cripples us, it birthed a Savior.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Achieving great things through training, tenacity & time doesn't make someone vain. It lessens vanity! Therefore, I have one question: is @realDonaldTrump vain?

Steve Cioccolanti

Peter must have thought, "Who am I compared to Mr. Faithfulness (John)?" But Jesus clarified the issue. John was responsible for John. Peter was responsible for Peter. And each had only one command to heed: "Follow Me." (John 21:20-22)

Charles R. Swindoll

Let your passion become a passionate pursuit of Me. And as you follow, the sheep will follow.' (John 21:20-22)

Charles R. Swindoll

There is strength in kindness.

A Starry Eyed April

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.

Israelmore Ayivor

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

Israelmore Ayivor

The author says one of the sources of resilience is the ability to measure and perceive early warning signs so as to adapt.

You can’t lead people if you aren’t going to focus on what’s relevant to you and them. Don’t worry about who is and who is not watching you. Consider what you have to watch.

Israelmore Ayivor

If you want to do something that really changes someone’s life, the best thing you can do is make the person you’re trying to help a participant in the process.

John Stahl-Wert

It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top.

Agatha Christie

Politics is motion." John Sears

Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.

Biz Stone

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

If you change your words to positive reinforcement, the negative reactions will lose their power

Love and Hate are two of the most used, abused, and misused words of mankind.

Tiffany Winfree

You can't stop Greatness; you can only try to delay it. And when you try to delay it, it just gets Greater because it gains new strength.

Tiffany Winfree

I’d always heard people say and I’m sure you heard it too, “Change takes time.” But, my parents taught me the more important lesson, very silently but with even greater clarity, “Change takes time. But, it also takes people.” People who are willing to put in their everything. Change doesn’t happen by itself.

Sharad Vivek Sagar

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