Quotes About Leadership

Adev?raÈ›ii lideri, care sunt cu adev?rat motivaÈ›i, vor folosi un succes pentru a edifica unul înc? È™i mai mare.

Great leaders often have great pride. To become useful to God, their pride has to be crushed. God can then use the broken pieces to create new, humble people whose consummate abilities are under the leading of the Spirit instead of driven by selfish ambition.

You are the most influential person you will talk to all day.

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat Bob Marley got heat Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy; others elicit our sex appeal and dominance. In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers. We come to live up to or down to the expectations others have of us.

Again and again, Americans have voted for a president to keep them out of a war, only to see the "peace" candidate elected who then brings the nation into war.

Have much experience killing people?" "I didn't become a captain by knitting socks," he said, and Thalia had no answer to that.

A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.

A timeless leader practices the art of voluntary elimination. He knows what activities - physical or mental - must be given up so that an organization becomes more productive. A new organization is born in the womb of the old organization. A new generation of new recruits is forever striving to replace an old generation of employees. It is a war of sorts: a clash of perspectives and worldviews. This kind of war is inevitable. We cannot shy away from it.

Management is about the position; leadership is a disposition that goes beyond positions. Managers minimize risks; leaders maximize contribution. Managers work through structures of stability; leaders work through dynamic change. While managers are defined by their position, leaders can emerge from any position.

Leadership is much more than hitting the bull's eye. There is a large human component in leadership behaviour Young managers have to explore hitting deeper chords in human nature rather than just hitting targets.

Power in an organization is the capacity generated by relationships.

The most significant role of a leader is to make the invisible clearly visible. Inspiration is invisible but inspired action is visible. Truth is invisible but trustworthy behaviour is visible. A leader has to constantly cross the bridge between what is unseen and that which is seen in order to connect with his followers.

Three of the most unused critical tools in the arsenal for growth of new managers are listening, observing and failing.

A great leader fights with great adversity, suffers greatly, but courageously, and never forgets to help others and that is his ultimate duty.

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

A leader creates a new way to success for followers and inspires them to follow him toward the ultimate purpose.

A leader first tries to listen, then tries to understand, then creates a common vision, and then together takes action for the realization.

A leader is firm enough to be responsive to changes.

Act, not for the results, but for the action. Lead, not for the mission, but for the vision. See, not through your beliefs, but through the eyes. Trust, not because of your beliefs, but because of truth. Think before you do and do because it is right.

Don't be a leader to dictate, but be a person whom everyone wants to emulate and follow.

For a leader, courage, love, and passion for service are the virtues of life.

Life is nothing but changes. Don't resist changes, but be the vanguard of it.

If you can make a compelling argument, and win enough minds, and if you can transform various parts of our world sufficiently, then the moment belongs to you.