Quotes About Leadership

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.

Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.

Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.

Leaders are like point guards, we set people up to score.

We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

Leading from your inner world ultimately produces better results in your leadership.

The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.

This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.

Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Leadership potential exists in everybody. What I think we have missed is that we have somehow relegated leadership only to a special, talented few people.

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

If a leader's actions don't back up his or her words, those who are trying to follow will first grow confused.

Leadership will either lead you into a ditch or lead you into purpose. We need our leaders, especially those who are teaching our young people, to have the right message.

The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the battlefield in degrading the organization.

If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.

The world can teach leadership skills but only Jesus can teach you a leaders heart.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.

Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.