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Leadership Quotes
"The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow."
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"When leaders lack self-awareness, they doubt themselves; uncertain about their abilities; unclear about the direction to take on each turn, and more..."
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"Rowan considered for a moment, and then said, "I have known many kings in my life, Dorian Havilliard. And it was a rare man indeed who asked for help when he needed it, who would put aside pride."
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"When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.And when he speaks to you believe in him,Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
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"A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others."
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"What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief."
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"If the UN and other international multilateral institutions are sending troops and weaponry, now they must begin to fund training and leadership development at the same levels. The new war must start with the quality of beliefs and dreams that are planted into the hearts and minds of school children at a personal level and permeate the driving philosophies of entire societies and communities."
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"I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere."
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"Great leaders make an impact with limited resources and inefficient leaders cannot yield good returns even with abundant resources."
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"Suddenly, Tara's accomplishment was clear. She had lined up allies among the school's various groups and got them all to work together for probably the first time in the school's history. She was like a master builder who could bend materials like stone and steel and clay to her will... except her materials were flesh and spirit."
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"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States."
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"A bold attitude is what true leaders use to crash down failure before they venture with their visions!"
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"They'll tell you who they think you should be they'll even try to manipulate you into believing it but let me tell you something son, if I listened to who I was supposed to be - this, everything we are and do wouldn't be in existence. Be a leader, find yourself and make a life with it. Those who judge you and try to force the patterns of their beliefs onto you are envious they haven't the strength in themselves to do the same."
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"You have to make the right choice in order to have the right to change the world... Take hold of this chance right away!"
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"Choose a good attitude and that is the key to making great impacts! Never be fooled to follow the wrong direction, you dreams will be alive and grow into success!"
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"The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try to do so."
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"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat."
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"I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student."
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"Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous."
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"The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it."
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"Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done."
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"It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state."
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"We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff."
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"You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide."
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"I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much."
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"The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States."
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"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."
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"It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed."
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"A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible."
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"Empathy is not something we offer to our customers or our employees from nine to five. It is "a second by second, minute by minute service that we owe to everyone if we want to call ourselves a leader"."
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"But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example."
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"The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence."
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"The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority."
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"I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome."
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"But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement."
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"It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home."
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"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
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"Let him that would move the world first move himself."
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"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example."
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"Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it."
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"At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not."
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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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"North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending."
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"Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition."
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"I'm very comfortable in having a strong team. I'm very comfortable in sharing the limelight with the team."
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"Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership."
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"There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other."
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"I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent."
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"Admitting the weighty problems and staggering disappointments, Christianity affirms that God is able to give us the power to meet them. He is able to give us inner equilibrium to stand tall amid the trials and burdens of life. He is able to provide inner peace amid our outer storms."
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