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Leadership Quotes


"The Queen is coming to reclaim her girls."


"We do not influence through speaking that much, but by leading."


"Two key leadership excellence values worth focusing on separately are being principle-centred and being consistent. The complimentary construction of these leadership fibres can easily be misconstrued for unreasonable stubbornness, yet they form the backbone of strong, effective transformational leadership. In building the legacy advocated for, in leadership excellence brands, you must sharpen the practice of these leadership values in every area of your life."


"To lead from the front you must get off your behind."


"Successful leaders leaders lead with passion and compassion."


"If you are good follower, you have the same importance as a good leader."


"But oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew of what they created by their demands. Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters."


"Whilst personal effectiveness focuses more on your personal development goals as you become the best practitioner in your area of specialty, leadership excellence shifts the focus to your leadership development in making a difference to the greater circle within your areas of influence and beyond. Leadership excellence focuses on areas of concern on behalf of others because a leader is expected to grow from personal effectiveness to begin making a significant impact on the world around them."


"People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results."


"Leaders don't assume. Assumptions are the termites of leadership. Communicate, communicate, and communicate, until you connect."


"To teach, ignite the fire of desire to learn."


"When you strive for excellence in leadership, then you will excel as a leader."


"He does not need to be an emperor, but a prince.If he has enough charm or elegance to convince."


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


"It is the challenge for every leader to develop and invest in those he depends on, to ensure his or her vision is realized in the way it has been put upon the leader's heart. These key people will enhance the success or taint the leadership image and brand of the visionary."


"More than a phone call or likes on facebook - Leadership."


"A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity."


"Leaders are builders. They build bridges to unite, not walls to divide."


"When your leadership and legacy are built on love, obstacles are overcome through love's fruit of optimism, foundations are built solid and secure in love's values, and success is achieved through the strength found in love's endurance."


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


"If our mission is grand & our vision is glorious, we need great values that match our ambition or else, we toil in vain..."


"In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain . . . Without God's guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved."


"LEADERSHIP is your org chart turned upside down."


"Politicians are a breed of the human race who believe they know everything."


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


"You want to be extra careful when making big decisions, but once you make a decision, stick with it."


"Do not mistake a leader's meekness for weakness."


"Look upward to your God for direction! Look inward into yourself and discover your talents! Look outward into your environment and get helped! Stop looking at one direction!"


"In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might."


"The call to leadership excellence means you must now be awake to the reality that you are no longer your own, you are a blessing to society. In business, this will also mean value given to shareholders, customers, employees as well as society. This will take you, your family and your corporate base to appreciate that your leadership role and influence demands that they share you with other causes and stakeholders. As an effective person, you must be able to balance the demands on you and create the additional time that leadership at a higher level requires."


"A leader's purpose is to provide knowledge and generate trust through kindness. This will provide a foundation that allows others to make choices, right or wrong, and grow in a positive manner from the experience."


"LOVE is Leadership through Optimism, Value, and Endurance."


"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!"


"Your influence as a leader will increase when you empower others' strengths, which in return equips them to pursue their callings, not their shortcomings."


"If you can't get everyone on your side, make sure they're right behind you."


"We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now."


"Consistency in leadership means everyone knows what to expect from you or in dealing with you. It is the quality that draws respect and value towards a leadership brand. This also means you have the discipline to stick to your principles and values regardless of challenges or consequences, and you prove this over a long period of time."


"Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist."


"When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy."


"Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers."


"The Holy Spirit gives liberty to the Christian, direction to the worker, discernment to the teacher, power to the Word, and fruit to faithful service. He reveals the things of Christ."


"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."


"I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for."


"Leadership. More than a New York Times best seller book."


"Alignment of vision, mission, values and attitudes need to be matched between you and those you choose to surround yourself with. The cost of training or replacing will be very minimal and less painful if recruitment, selection and positioning are done well. This applies even to general employment processes, whether at leadership or staff levels."
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