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Leadership Quotes
"The lack of knowledge on the part of followers perpetuates a culture of abuse by bad leadership. Every day, issues are being endorsed in the name of standing for the ignorant masses, only to benefit those who sponsor the agendas. Priorities are set and resources allocated, never to benefit or reach those cited as the underlying justification for sourcing the funds or setting the priorities."
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"Percy and Reyna occupied matching praeters' chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. It wasn't easy looking dignified wearing a bedsheet and a purple cape. "The camp is safe," Octavian continued. " I'll be the first to congragulate our heroes for bringing back the legion's eagle and so much Imperial gold! Truly we have been blessed with good fortune. But why do more? Why tempt fate?" "I'm glad you asked." Percy stood, taking the question as an opening. Octavian stammered, " I wasn't--""--Part of the quest," Percy said. "Yes I know. And your'e wise to let me explain, since I was."
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"He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be."
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"Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup and our destiny."
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"If the foreman had no experience in bossing a mob, they had no experience in being one. Members of a community, not elements of a collectivity, they were not moved by mass feeling; there were as many emotions there as there were people. And they did not expect commands to be arbitrary, so they had no practice in disobeying them. Their inexperience saved the passenger's life."
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"When you become aware of the need to practice servant leadership, to act as a faithful steward and exercise good personal governance " the challenge is to align these three and ensure they fit in with your defined leadership vision, mission and values. If there is no congruence, then leadership effectiveness will be compromised because the likelihood of not practicing these sound principles will be very high."
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"Be a leader and be a transformer !When you get the opportunity to lead, remember it is a noble opportunity not just to amass followers, but to nurture true and great leaders who can do even greater things than you did! That never wipes off your footprints!"
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"Be the initiator of things you wish to see, but can't see. Be the originator of things you wish you feel but can't feel."
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"A team's inspiration comes from individuals' aspirations. The combined quality of individual passions makes a team's impact to excel. When you are in a team, play a part!"
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"A leader must produce other leaders. Why do you want to produce followers, when by being called a leader the assumption is that you already have followers? Influence those who follow to birth their kind and develop others to lead."
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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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"Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow."
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"Never be disobedient; take a coach, take a mentor and be instructed!"
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"The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses."
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"There is need for clarity on what your leadership role stands for and the kind of unwavering and unstoppable beliefs required. These beliefs must not be deterred by current circumstances and conditions. They must become your source of internal strength and inspiration, especially during trying times. How strong, positive and empowering is your belief system as a leader?"
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"Leaders don't call unhappy followers "ungrateful people". They see them as "lesson teachers". They find out why they are unhappy, perhaps it could be as a result of their attitudes. That informs them to change!"
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"Be an example, be positive, be enthusiastic, be proactive--that is proactive leadership."
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"Defend your leadership roles with your true character. Never attack your own aspirations with corruption and unfaithfulness! Keep calm and be honest!"
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"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."
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"The serious people have gone, I build my team again and again I just the un-sirious people if this is sirious let's see a bus which can be handled in the air by the weakest person on the Earth."
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"In our resurrection bodies we will know nothing of physical weakness. Limitations imposed on us on this earth are not known in heaven. We will have a habitation from God that is incorruptible, immortal, and powerful."
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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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"What happens when a leader misses his steps on the ladder is what happens when a train misses the rail. Be on track."
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"A sign of a good leader is not his position but his vision."
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"When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself."
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"The value-added Board brings the high-performance result, "deep common sense, balance, improved strategic thinking, creativity, wisdom and more."
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"Leaders know how to set priorities. They focus on the task that requires the most rapid attention."
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"Do good even if no one is watching you and do it as if everyone is watching you."
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"We teach best by how we live life, who we are instructs with absolute clarity."
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"If you can't do it, don't pledge to do it. Don't be a liar; say only what you can do. It's better for you to have a "single sentence" manifesto about your life which is fulfilled than to have 25 chapters' theories about your visions that remain undone!"
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"The simplest way to silence your critics as a leader is to do what they claim you can't do. However, be careful they don't set you up to take fatal risks to please their criticisms."
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"Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life."
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"It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian."
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"You have many gifts, some will help you to connect the right people while others help you to get to the right places. But it takes your dominant gifts for you to be able to take the lead!"
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"Don't comply with what everyone says, judge out issues before you deal with them!"
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"The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have done when not inspired."
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"The heart of a statesman should be in his head."
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"Keep it calm and watch the company you keep. It's either a red card or a green card you are holding. One guides you to go on, and the other makes you give up on scoring your goals."
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"Consistent and clear communication creates a dynamic and sustainable culture that is there when your not there."
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"Change makers don't think change making is someone else's job, but rather their calling to fulfill. They take responsibility and face challenges."
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"In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership."
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"Timing is a critical issue when it comes to succession. Passing the baton too early or too late could both cause irreparable damage. The timing just has to be right, but again you are responsible for creating or influencing the right conditions over the course of your leadership tenure."
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"Real leaders don't rule over territories but over heart's of the people."
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"All of my life God has allowed me to share prospectives with people who are different. You cannot lead people whose prospective you are not willing to understand."
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"People who praise a leader even when he is doing the wrong things are the main reasons why his fall is near."
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"It's iron that can sharpen iron, wood cannot do that."
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"Respond to your ability, play your part and make your mark in history."
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"Leaders believe that falling is not failing, but refusal to rise up after falling is the real form of failure!"
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"A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world."
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"Ask yourself - How do I see myself as a leader? How do I use my personal mission and vision to create leadership focus? What does my mission or vision mean in the context of leading others? How many people are going to succeed in their endeavours, through my leadership influence? Do I expect of myself, what I expect of those who follow me? Or I have my own separate standards for the same principles I expect others to live by?"
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