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Leadership Quotes


"Strategy has no value if your culture and leadership mindset are wrong."


"Leaders fight hard wars againstinjustice and unfairness. Theybelieve that the truth is a weapon;when triggered, the lie dies."


"Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the bestleaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people willsay 'We have done this ourselves."


"A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian."


"The Master is cordial yet stern, awe-inspiring yet not fierce and respectful yet at ease."


"Leadership is influencing others through modeling."


"The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process."


"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."


"Digital leadership must be extremely visionary, mindful, creative, empathetic, generous, conscious, passionate, and humble."


"The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove,people can trust his words.Because he doesn't know who he is,people recognize themselves in him.Because he has no goal in mind,everything he does succeeds."


"The definition of management is literally "control," but the definition of true leadership is love."


"I'm going to be a great leader of this generation.The stars in the space up there are my witnesses."


"Many of the confusions, conflicts, and disarrays that are rampant in today's organizations, communities, and nations could have been avoided if leaders have solid self-awareness..."


"The principles of stewardship and servant leadership challenge you to look at leadership differently. Consider these values."


"Treat your employees like you would want to be treated if you were an employee."


"Bridges take people across rivers. Leaders take people across ignorance. With a leader, the destination of a journey is sure."


"God is the leader of your team. As you follow Him with all your heart, you will be leading your team in Jesus' steps."


"Leadership is not about the power and status of one but the empowerment and service of all. That is what it should be and that is how it should be measured."


"You can't accept correction when you are not humble to listen."


"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict."


"The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one's influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it."


"Look up on a starry night, and you will see the majesty and power of an infinite Creator."


"A man of vision cannot question his potentials. He does not doubt his capabilities. He keeps going because he had seen himself gone already in his visions."


"Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader, his ability to communicate a decision with passion and integrity is an art form."


"A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future."


"I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly."


"When failure imprisons you for not doing what you should have done, you have no option than to bail yourself on the promise of trying again! Try again!"


"Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject."


"A leader is a person who knows how to act when other people don't."


"If we would take the traits that characterized the Pilgrims and make them our own, we could regain hope. We could recover the spiritual and moral strength that we have lost. We could offer a thrilling challenge to our young people."


"Leadership is a privilege to serve and make a difference. Take care of what belongs to another as if it were your own. Be accountable to others or to another because you realize you are not a master. Be considerate of those you serve because they, not you, perceive the difference you are or you are not making, in their lives."



"A leader can lose his people if he does not know the problems they are facing."


"Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste."


"Why, the whole world of knowledge is not worth that child's prayer to 'dear, kind God'! I say nothing of the sufferings of grown-up people, they have eaten the apple, damn them, and the devil take them all! But these little ones!The Brothers KaramazovIvan to Alyosha, on the suffering and torture of children, "Book V - Pro and Contra, Chapter 4 - Rebellion."


"It was due to his tact, to his judgment, to his sympathetic manipulation of human beings that the atmosphere had always been such a happy one... If there was a change, therefore, the change must be due to the man at the top."


"If you can't be the change, you can set an example for change. If you can't set an example for change, you can go and sleep! By all means, you can do something!"


"Your darkest moments are not meant to be swept under the carpet, hidden from the world in the silent pursuit of perfection. The darkness you've overcome is your ticket into leadership. It's what you're meant to light up in the world."


"Energy out of control is dangerous, energy under control is powerful . . .Science takes a Niagara River with its violent turbulence and transforms it into electrical energy to illuminate a million homes and to turn the productive wheels of industry. [God] does in the spiritual realm what science does in the physical realm."


"Mindful leadership keeps you cool and energetic in any situation, so that you can make the best possible decisions."


"At the end of the day, I do not care how many Democrats or Republicans are in office. What I do care about is whether our leader is truly serving THE PEOPLE or only his/her own pockets. Is our leader in tune with the concerns and needs of the man on the street - or only issues concerning private interests? Is this leader uniting or dividing the country? Milking or contributing to it? Building and preserving it -- or bringing it all down?"


"A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then."


"They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was."


"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."


"Leadership does never compete, but completes."


"You can't lead people where you haven't been yet."


"If you don't create a good message about your dreams, those who were created to pay for it can't find it. Speak them out and you will find those God created to finance it."


"Don't just be able, always make sure you are available. Be present to make a change."


"What supporters say about their leadertells men a third about who he is. What supporters do for their leadertells men two thirds about who he is. What supporters give up for their leadertells men all of who he is."


"Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn."
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