Quotes About Responsibility

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.

A readership crisis is really a leadership crisis.

It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there.

Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.

A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.

The power to lead is the power to mislead, and the power to mislead is the power to destroy.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

There are no office hours for leaders.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

I realised early on that there were two groups of people in the world: those who made the decisions and those who had the decisions made for them. I wanted to be one of the decision-makers.

The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.