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Leadership Quotes
"Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader."
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
138
"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."
114
"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
97
"One man with courage makes a majority."
97
"Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions."
95
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."
86
"Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes."
83
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
83
"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
77
"Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone."
75
"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action."
69
"I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator."
69
"Everyone can be a leader irrespective of their age, race, creed, nationality or political affiliation. Once you can figure out your talents and optimize them very well, at the right place and at the right time, you are a leader."
68
"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."
66
"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel."
64
"The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it."
64
"I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following."
63
"Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness."
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"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."
59
"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
59
"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."
57
"To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria."
57
"Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure."
56
"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."
56
"Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be."
55
"It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party."
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"If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles."
51
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command."
50
"Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred."
49
"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
49
"Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader."
48
"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
48
"It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much."
48
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."
48
"Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf."
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"Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity."
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"Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals."
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"Take to the path of dharma - the path of truth and justice. Don't misuse your valor. Remain united. March forward in all humility, but fully awake to the situation you face, demanding your rights and firmness."
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"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership."
43
"The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies."
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"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."
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"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."
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"I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No."
39
"One thing we've talked a lot about, even in the first leadership meeting, was, what's the purpose of our leadership team? The framework we came up with is the notion that our purpose is to bring clarity, alignment and intensity."
39
"Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged."
39
"Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed."
39
"I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions."
37
"Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization."
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