Quotes about leadership
leadership people helping
A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under. Sam Houston
leadership night ideas
After watching the State of the Union address the other night [1994], I'm reminded of the old adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny: the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own. Speech delivery counts for little on the world stage unless you have convictions, and, yes, the vision to see beyond the front row seats. Ronald Reagan
leadership courage tired
Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way. Rumi
leadership leader grows
It takes leaders to grow other leaders. Roy Blunt
leadership determination destiny
The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands. Rosa Luxemburg
leadership reality creating
The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process. Rosa Luxemburg
leadership wisdom winning
If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership eye hands
in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership responsibility endure
Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership motivation different
Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership justice community
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership powerful role-models
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership creativity elements
Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
leadership children character
Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy a resemblance to some historical person, and predict the sequel of his character and fortune, a result which he is sure to disappoint. None will ever solve the problem of his character according to our prejudice, but only in his high unprecedented way. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership giving energy
The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership nice dirty
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership imagination seeing
Imagination is a very high sort of seeing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership eye men
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership empowerment roles
Learning has replaced control as the fundamental role of management. Shoshana Zuboff
leadership japan united-states
The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage. Shinzo Abe
leadership voice lists
Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. List to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN. Shirley Chisholm
leadership education wisdom
To all the young people out there who think money and fame is important: that's only a small piece of the pie. You need an education to be totally secure in life. I feel very secure I can go get a real job now. Shaquille O'Neal
leadership vision progress
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. Lee Kuan Yew
leadership people needs
People tend to look at their businesses from the inside out - that is, they get so focused on making and selling their products that they lose awareness of the needs and buying behaviors of their customers. Lawrence Bossidy
leadership space people
It's fascinating as we continue to innovate and lead the way in both the application space and the database space. In the very beginning, people said you couldn't make relational databases fast enough to be commercially viable. I thought we could, and we were the first to do it. But we took tremendous abuse until IBM said, "Oh yeah, this stuff is good." Larry Ellison
leadership country military
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. Neil Sheehan
leadership years perspective
Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days. Marco Rubio
leadership organization steps
Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward. Marco Rubio
leadership reality compassion
We do have to treat people the way Americans always treat people, with the highest level of compassion and care. But they will have to be returned, because that is the law. If you ignore that, if you don't apply that - as heartbreaking as it may be - you are basically telling another 80,000 people to try to come. Marco Rubio
leadership vision public-opinion
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. Marco Rubio
leadership thinking dwight
Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist. Rainn Wilson
leadership education time
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. Ralph Waldo Emerson
leadership courage morning
What is man born for but to be a Reformer, a Remaker of what man has made? A renouncer of lies; a restorer of truth and good? Imitating that great Nature which embossoms us all, and which sleeps no moment on an old past, but every hour repairs herself, yielding us every morning a new day, with every breath a new life? Ralph Waldo Emerson