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Leadership Quotes
"Plant a good seed in people who have fertile hearts. When you are away, they'll miss you. When you are coming again, they can't wait!"
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"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."
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"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done."
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"Leaders respond & change, the rest quit and blame."
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"People fail 2 ways: 1) don't know what to do 2) don't do what they know; therefore, great leaders must educate and inspire."
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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."
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"Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations."
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"Be discerning with rumors on leaders, for most are birthed by the envy of the idle or the desperation of the defeated."
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"Since a leader cannot rise above his thinking, he must assault his limiting beliefs daily thru reading, listening & associating."
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"Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong."
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"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict."
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"The Pilgrims had vision and hope because they lived in the dimension of eternity. Their strength of spirit was forged by a personal faith in God, by tough discipline, and by regular habits of devotion."
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"A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame."
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"I can see why people find him [Hugo Chávez] charming. He's very ebullient, as they say. I've heard him make a speech, though, and he has a vice that's always very well worth noticing because it's always a bad sign: he doesn't know when to sit down. He's worse than Castro was. He won't shut up. Then he told me that he didn't think the United States landed on the moon and didn't believe in the existence of Osama bin Laden. He thought all of this was a put-up job. He's a wacko."
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"Managers maintain the present while leaders create the future."
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"The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
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"LEGACY plays an important role in defining a good leader at any age."
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"A leader has a great duty. You have to perform beyond the expectation of the people."
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"The brain is the coast of many great monuments. Your ability to exploit the power of your brain is what makes you a leader. Leadership emerges from a positive mindset!"
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"Take bold decisions. Don't let doubts fumble decisions in your mind and make you confused over them. Pursue what you are convinced to do, else you set yourself up where you do not belong."
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"So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy."
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"When you understand who you are by knowing what God created you to do, you have no room for becoming jealous over what someone else is doing."
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"The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part."
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"Drop down someone else's shoe and run to take your own quickly. Don't hire your own to anybody, else it profits you nothing! Brighten the corner where you are. Yes, you can!"
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"If you get a second chance, grab it with the first and second hands. Never let it go till all is done and done well. Second chances come with the last graces!"
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"No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it."
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"Complains are like the clouds that give no rain no matter how thick they gather."
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"Leaders are raised through training and experience. Nobody was born naturally with hand-gloves of leadership. We come to life to search for it, discover it and optimize it."
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"No production, no prosperity! Every "product and service" is someone's brain child... Ask yourself, when is my "naming ceremony" going to come on?. Begin producing something today and make a difference!"
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"Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said "Shake the soil off your sandals"! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!"
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"Leaders create a conducive environment for followers to accomplish their respective dreams. True leaders never fall for anything inferior!"
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"In these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe."
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"Great leaders get people to admit the truth because they know that dreams are buried under the lies they tell themselves, in order to feel okay with giving up."
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"Love people with all sincere attention, but don't overdo it as if you are not special. Don't lose yourself in the process of loving other people. Remember, you are special too!"
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"Show the world you are not here to just pass through. Leave great footprints wherever you pass and be remembered for the change you initiated."
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"These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have."
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"Avoid the penalties of the blame game. You were born to be boss player, not a blame giver. Stop the blame!"
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"Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on."
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"A leadership comfort zone brings stagnancy, deprives one of innovation, stifles growth and frustrates both the leader and the team they lead. Your personal preferences like leadership style, communication style, prejudices, habits and mannerisms must be effectively managed so that they do not work against you. You have to be careful that your strengths do not end up becoming a hindering comfort zone. Seek to lead, driven by a cause."
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"Why is the world in need of a leader like you? You must lead for significant impact. As a leader, find the "cause driving your leadership brand and pursue its resolution with passion and excellence."
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"Your personal brand determines the kind of leadership influence you'll provide."
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"Stop cheating to be rich. Stop stealing to be wealthy. Stop siphoning the valuables of other people to keep for yourself."
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"The sweeper of the street is a leader in his own respect provided he does his job well with all love, diligence and attention than anyone would do when given the same broom sticks."
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"Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy."
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"You can't lead people where you haven't been yet."
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"Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership."
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"Leaders find something to die for, not something to live on. If you haven't found something to die for yet, you can't lead."
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"You can't lead people if you can't lead yourself. Self-leadership qualities qualifies you to become a co-operate leader."
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