Quotes About Followership

Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.

Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers.

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

Hanuman has no issues being Angad's follower. This is Hanuman's personality—always a team player, ever willing to serve, with absolutely no desire to dominate.

History shows that any people who are sheeplike in following their leadership (so long as their personal self-interests are satisfied) may one day awaken to find that their nation has changed in dramatic ways.

Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.

With all the problems we are having, I won't be afraid to tell leadership, 'You need to explain to me why I should follow you anywhere.'

His concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow.

The natural impulse of men is to follow, he thought, and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate the rest.

Leadership that is not well-grounded in followership—following Jesus—is dangerous to both the church and the world.41

Alexander the Great once said: 'I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Followership is not an easy path, and Jesus never pretended otherwise.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

la mayoría de personas disfrutaba de seguir al líder. Les liberaba de la obligación de pensar por sí mismos.

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.

A leader's job is to bring people together for a common purpose, so credibility is critical. That will only come when people trust their leader and want to follow his or her lead. Communication opens the door to understanding what the leader is and what he or she stands for.

A leader's moral responsibility is, to show the straight way; however, it lies up to the follower, how and when it adopts accordingly and sincerely that.

A true leader walks often alone on the path of life ; A pretender walks usually with many liars, sycophants and betrayers under the disguise of supporters or followers.

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

We believe that leaders should be following the masses. We only ran in leadership campaigns to get our ideas across, to use it as a platform.

You can't lead if no one will follow.

If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. Long enough that the critics realize that you're going to get there one way or another...so they follow.