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Leadership Quotes
"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."
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"A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under."
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"Simplicity is the language of leadership."
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"Leaders don't walk in front, nor do they walk behind. They walk on completely different paths on the journey of intuition. The road that has never been taken. And so they lead."
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"Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable."
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"I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one."
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"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."
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"The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed."
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"I will sit down now but the time will come when you will hear me."
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"A good example is the best gift you can offer to your children. In your absence, your example is present, which means you are present always!"
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"A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice."
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"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."
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"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."
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"Bear it in mind that people who do not take actions are not and cannot be leaders. Leadership is action."
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"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."
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"It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it."
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"With the coming of radio as a mass medium, suddenly the world changed. It became about, 'can this leader project emotional connection through the way he speaks on the radio?' And the anxiety about whether he could do that, we've inherited."
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"Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible."
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"The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him."
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"Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness."
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"The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise."
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"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success."
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"The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant."
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"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it."
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"Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything."
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"That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want."
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"Generous leaders are servant leaders. They always come with open hands and an open heart."
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"Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally."
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"There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents."
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"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach."
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"Stop the pity party! Your sorrow is full and complete when you go through unfortunate circumstances and decide to mourn for life as a result of the unexpected."
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"Teamwork is the best ever investment. If I make 3 and you make 5, together we will not make 8. We will make 15. Leaders build active teams."
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"I know nothing about technology."
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"Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader."
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"Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be."
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"I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old."
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"We've been working our tail off and lead by that example."
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"If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher."
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"There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent."
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"At forty two years, Sona Kilroy stood tall and strapping, a powerful figure. Rising to the rank of Admiral in the Corsair fleet was no easy feat. It took intelligence, talent, determination, resilience, creative thinking, brute force, and sheer cunning to achieve " and perhaps also a large slice of luck."
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"The Leadership Training Institute of America is a cultural think tank providing training and opportunity in leadership development and cultural dynamics."
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"Your bread assumes the shape of the pan in which you bake your flour. Therefore stand still and know that you can't use a rounded pan and ever get squared bread. Change the pan and get your desired shape of the bread!"
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"If you truly have compassion in your heart, show it by keeping your doubts to yourself and sharing your hope with those who love change!"
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"Dictators never invent their own opportunities."
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"As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future."
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"The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership."
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"I was initially a leading man, but only on television."
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