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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!"


"Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does."



"Moreover, if great men are the only hope of the Evolutionary Process, they are morally bound to rule over the masses for their own good - we are all here on earth to help others: what on earth the others are here for, I don't know - and the masses have no right whatsoever to resist them."


"The Communist leaders respect only firmness and have contempt for persons who continually give in to them."


"A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them."


"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."


"The vitality [of] the Bible [is] exhibited in every generation . . .Its power to transform lives is its best apologetic."


"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."


"In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose."


"If your actions don't reflect your goals. and your behavior doesn't reflect your company's vision. then you're not a leader, regardless of what your title indicates."


"Craving for power, titles and promotion to high places is not a tool for carving impacts in the heart the world. High positions polluted by bad character are the poisons that dehydrate the world of positive virtues."


"The way you react in times of challenges will determine whether your challenges will weigh you down, or you will overthrow them."


"Ignorance must be prosecuted when arrested. The only way for its arrest is by information and the only way for prosecution is through reading and learning of new things."


"My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing."


"What it takes is the passion to lead and the commitment to that passion through a lifetime. A great number isn't bad though, but doesn't take numbers to change the world."


"If you haven't found yourself yet, it's difficult to help someone to discover himself. False leaders make more false leaders!"


"Because leaders and influential people are just as human as any other person, they sometimes forget that by doing little extra things to become extraordinary means they no longer have a completely private life. You must be willing to pay this price because if you don't, the consequences can be more disastrous. Learn to plan and be deliberate in also ensuring you and your family can still enjoy quality private moments."


"Five rules to follow to be a great leader: 1. Be curious. 2. Serve others. 3. Be purpose oriented. 4. Be adaptive. 5. Be positive."


"Voicing out your concerns in a calmly way is a great thing to do and it helps and saves lives of those who can't speak up."


"Two main categories of people are needed in your circle, those who give you the necessary support to accomplish your dreams and those who become beneficiaries of what you achieve."


"All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers."


"Don't fight with narrow minded people; be determined to compel them to change their mindsets about who you stand to be, not by arguments, but by focusing on what you do every day. If they change it, fine; if they don't, fine. The good news is that you are pursuing excellence!"


"When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize."


"Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers."


"Leaders walk by faith, managers walk alone."


"You can t learn leadership from books. You learn it by following."


"Discerning the difference between a dictator and a leader is quite easy. The former cannot help but see 'leading' and 'serving' as stark contradictions that by their very nature are utterly incompatible. The latter can't tell the difference."


"Leaders decorate the world, character is their paint. They live exemplary life and make the world better than they found it."


"We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed."


"A great leader never fears criticism and welcomes them with openness and love as if they are the beauty of the journey."


"Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb."


"Intentional leadership. The moment when your business starts to grow."


"A leader has a great duty. You have to perform beyond the expectation of the people."


"Leadership view is multidimensional with the full spectrum of colors."



"I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary."


"You choose the leaders and place them strategically around the table of your vision and mission. They are already around you because of some degree of loyalty, so if you continue putting 80% effort in enhancing loyalty that already exists, you will end up going into overkill and igniting a toxic level of internal office politics that was not originally existent in your organisation."


"To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so few ever stand on the summit."


"You can't move up in the staircase of leadership unless you are emotionally intelligent."


"Compassionate leaders know their stakeholders and address their concerns, their hopes, dreams and fears."


"If you want to be a leader, don't stand on the toes of dwarfs. Mount the shoulders of giants and you will see further."


"Obedience leads to a powerful, confident life. When you are obedient, and when you allow yourself to be led by God through the unexpected, then you have a confidence based on the fact that you know exactly where God wants you to be."


"Leaders motivate people to understand that they can do better than they've already done and go farther than they've reached."



"Man therefore is responsible for what transpires here."


"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."


"If you disconnect yourself from principles you believe must work for others, then you create a leadership brand that is not genuine and that will lead you to say one thing and practice another. This is the reason why knowledge and mastery issues covered at a personal level, must be revisited with a leadership focus."
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