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Leadership Quotes
"Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures."
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"If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees."
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"The gods command that there can be only one king. But I swear that I am no better than a common soldier today, and you are as good as kings. Each man here is part of me. So what's left for the king to say? Only two words, but they are the two that your hearts want to hear. Victory.And home! Then his command cracked like a whip. "All together-move!"
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"It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader."
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"Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to have legislation that independently targets BP rather than other companies? I don't think that - would be right."
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"I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it."
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"Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You're just as good as any of them. I don't care who they are. Better in fact. In our world, Dagans are royalty and you, my son, are a prince."
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"And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders."
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"There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other."
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"Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, though, God is willing to forgive us, change us,and give us a new power to overcome that sin."
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"Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!"
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"Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit."
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"To teach someone a lesson, show them how it's done. Force is a temporary solution. Judgment is no solution at all."
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"You want to be a good person, but sometimes you need to have the courage to be ruthless."
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"When you organize extraordinary missions, you attract people of extraordinary talent who might not have been inspired by or attracted to the goal of saving the world from cancer or hunger or pestilence."
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"Speaking doesn t make you a Leader, but if you have Leadership skills, people want to hear you speak."
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"America must be a light to the world, not just a missile."
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"We've lost something vital, I tell you. When we lost it, we lost the ability to make good decisions. We fall upon decisions these days the way we fall upon an enemy-or wait and wait, which is a form of giving up, and we allow the decisions of others to move us. Have we forgotten that we were the ones who set this current flowing?"
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"The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."
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"A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat."
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"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."
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"Thousands of pastors, Sunday school teachers, and Christian workers are powerless because they do not make the Word the source of their preaching or teaching."
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"The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction."
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"We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader."
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"In working with UNICEF our corporate partners have demonstrated time and again that their financial resources, leadership and expertise can bring about real and lasting benefits for the world's children."
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"And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots."
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"We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership."
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"When you have a clearly open homosexual scout leader, the scouts are going to talk about it. And they're not there to learn about that. They're there to learn about what it means to be loyal and trustworthy and thrifty."
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"If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized."
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"There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'"
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"To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way."
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"The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education."
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"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines."
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"The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler."
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"Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team."
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"Leadership by deception isn't leadership. It's fraud."
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"A star wants to see himself rise to the top.A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top."
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"To really care about others, we have to understand them - what they like and dislike, what they feel as well as think. Emotion drives both men and women and influences every decision we make. Recognizing the role emotions play and being willing to discuss them makes us better managers, partners, and peers."
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"To lead is a privilege, not an entitlement. It doesn't make you better than anyone; it helps you bring out the best in everyone. Accolades don't inspire a leader's vision; they've set their sights on the success of others. Leaders bypass shortsightedness and focus on the big picture. Leaders who always stand righteously never stand alone."
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"Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?"
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"Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON."
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"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."
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"Tiago turned to survey the large, crowded ballroom. 'Good job not killing anybody.'That's what Pia said, ' Dragos told him. 'Night's not over yet."
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"A speaker who wisely and sincerely expresses his or thoughts eloquantly in public, he or she can fully understand the topics that result others to rely on his or her policy for a specific social economic and/or political reform that can take place in their community."
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"Leadership is not a position; it is an action that inspires and influences positive change."
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"If you fall into a pit, you need a ladder, not a hoe. You must climb up and not dig up. Leaders discover the right way out of limitations."
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