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Leadership Quotes
"Leaders don't fall in gutters of fear; only negative ideas flow in that canal. There, you will see filthy things like doubts and disbelief."
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"Divide and rule, the politician cries;Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise."
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"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
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"The desire we so often hear expressed today for "episcopal figures, "priestly men, "authoritative personalities springs frequently enough from a spiritually sick need for the admiration of men, for the establishment of visible human authority, because the genuine authority of service appears to be so unimpressive."
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"Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done."
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"Being an authority on paper does not immediately grant you authority over a group until it is earned by you and given by them."
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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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"Sometimes what you love to do could even make many people to hate you. You may go through non-formal torments, character assassinations, verbal assaults and societal rejections, but if you are convinced about your love for what you are doing, you will never give up."
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"Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party."
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"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."
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"Nothing is so rewarding than the patience that you take to go over the ramps of life. They may slow you down, but you are an unstoppable hero. Keep driving!"
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"No one is perfect. We all have weaknesses and limitations. Some can't be fixed. But, at least, a leader shouldn't find herself blindsided..."
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"If you want control, loosen your grip. You're strangling your employees. Letting go is actually holding on."
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"Thou shalt not follow someone, merely because they are following you."
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"One of the first steps to successful leadership is to always forget your age and remember your dream regularly."
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"Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership."
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"During the whole campaign, from June 27 to July 31, there has been no shirking or hesitation, to tiring on the part of a single man so far as I have seen; the brigade commanders reported none."
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"Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in."
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"Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership."
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"I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins."
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"Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case."
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"Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader."
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"While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader."
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"A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader."
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"In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes."
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"You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund?"
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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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"Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders."
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"A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless."
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"I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to."
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"At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage."
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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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"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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"But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance."
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"Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance."
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"The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days?"
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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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"I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind."
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"I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man."
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"I'm not up on the Internet, but I hear that is a democratic possibility. People can connect with each other. I think people are ready for something, but there is no leadership to offer it to them. People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are part of a world.'"
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"Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day."
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"It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980."
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"These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls."
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"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."
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"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military."
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"One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers."
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"President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions."
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"The United States is the leader of the free world."
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