Quotes About Character

Leadership can't be forced or contrived. It has to be your personality.

Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Leadership is not about a title, degree or level. Anybody can lead at any time.

Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

We very often confuse personality with leadership.

A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Leadership comes by the example you set through your work. It begins from the way you are perceived as a worker and the respect that comes with it.

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

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

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

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.

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

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

Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.

We live our lives based on who we think we are.

Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.