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Leadership Quotes


"I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?"


"Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions."


"The earth is crying for people who make sound judgement and informed decisions."


"The beginning is the most important part of the work."


"No matter how right or how beautiful your path is, never try to impose your path on others! Remember that flowers by no means pull bees by force to their world! Your path is your poem; if people like your poem, they will fondly join you in your path!"


"People who found something to live and die for always live in the hope of success. They never allow doubts to create distances between them and their harvest time. That is also their decision."


"America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska."


"I think it matters whether someone has a good heart."


"People will rather appreciate a man who wears one suit out of the several he has got and refuse to validate the man who has put only suit he has into shape and has worn it on his back."


"Before someone will get the guts to monitor your life, he must get the keyboard of humility. To be a humble person, is a priority in leadership!"


"Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong."


"Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work."


"Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me."


"The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others."


"Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done."


"Self-leadership is about digging out your hidden endowment and making them known and useful to those who need it most."


"Never leave the egg in you not laid. Don't leave the laid eggs there not hatched. You deserve the best, you were created to use every gift in you!"


"Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?"



"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."


"Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs."


"Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter."


"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."


"Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods."


"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going."


"Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint."


"It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation."


"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present."


"It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything."


"Success as a Christian is to become the essence of the presence of God on earth."



"You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you."


"There is an easy way of finding the job to be done today, just look around your environment; take note of the places that need cleaning and the places that need decoration; do one at a time!"


"The devil is alive and kicking. But if you are in Christ and follow the rules of daily Bible study, prayer, and witnessing, he has no power over you."


"Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader."



"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."


"You have to understand and appreciate the value in people before you can notice those in need and be of help."


"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty."


"One of the easiest ways to show your mercy to the world is to hide your fears from people who are already afraid. Don't kill them alive when you truly claim you love them!"


"This is what you can do to be called a true leader; know the truth, love the truth, speak the truth and repeat the cycle over and over again and again! Let the truth reign!"


"My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men's lives from the inside out."


"Leaders try every possible means to leave the world better than they found it. They make an indelible impact and society remembers them for that."


"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."



"Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line."


"First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously."


"What you don't know can make you fail! Perhaps the only reason why you are where you are is that, you've not known what you have to know... Go, learn and take the lead!"


"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military."


"He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for."


"To live, pray. To learn, read. To love, give. To listen, pay attention. But to be wise, apply all that you have acquired."
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