Quotes about leaders
leadership honesty exercise
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Thomas Jefferson
leadership anger speak
When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
leadership wisdom humble
[Pope Francis] is a humble man. He lives the faith out in his own personal life. ... He's here to be a shepherd; he isn't here to be a scold. I think that's a good thing for the church and for the world, frankly. Rick Santorum
leadership country walking-away
I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership, the specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away. Rick Perry
leadership business quality
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.. Tacitus
leadership people future-leaders
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. Rosalynn Carter
leadership approval-rating congress
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership. Ron Fournier
leadership commitment leader
One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment. Rollo May
leadership men empowering-others
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. Stephen King
leadership mean people
People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it. Stedman Graham
leadership people vision
People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.
leadership responsibility psychology
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. Stanley Milgram
leadership work shoes
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. Stephen Colbert
leadership powerful fall
Fate forces its way to the powerful and violent. With subservient obedience it will assume for years dependency on one individual:Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, because it loves the elemental human being who grows to resemble it, the intangible element. Sometimes, and these are the most astonishing moments in world history, the thread of fate falls into the hands of a complete nobody but only for a twitching minute. Stefan Zweig
leadership light history
Erasmus was the light of his century; others were its strength: he lighted the way; others knew how to walk on it while he himselfremained in the shadow as the source of light always does. But he who points the way into a new era is no less worthy of veneration than he who is the first to enter it; those who work invisibly have also accomplished a feat.
leadership sports baseball
Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied. Sparky Anderson
leadership focus clarity
Clarity affords focus. Thomas Leonard
leadership battle half
Half-heartedness never won a battle. William McKinley
leadership self-esteem quality
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. William James
leadership motivation philosophical
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
leadership kings rain
But me thought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. Samuel Pepys
leadership character men
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron. Samuel Smiles
leadership skills people
People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support Warren G. Bennis
leadership skills followers
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
leadership jobs reality
The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.
leadership world hospitality
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
leadership vision hospitality
The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
leadership art boys
I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that.
leadership dream believe
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
leadership running thinking
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
leadership opposites future-leaders
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
leadership groups great-leader
Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.
leadership organization wake-up
A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless ... someone's got to make a wake up call.