Best 6910 quotes in «leadership quotes» category

Those players really believe in him.

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not likely to be troublesome on any occasion; but then they betrayed their own interests by unwisely omitting the consideration, that such feelings might exist in the breasts of those whom they had to guide and govern: for they themselves cannot even remember the time when in their eyes justice appeared preferable to expediency, the happiness of others to self-interest, or the welfare of a State to the advancement of a party.

Those who are to change significantly that which they freshly encounter must themselves be changed by the changing of it.

Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of years, were not handsome men.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.

Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Time is money.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life

To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.

To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today's president, CEO or managing director needs to be a disruptive influence with imagination, vision, and courage to lead the organization into new and dangerous territory. The leader must be an entrepreneurial driver who can inspire the team to boldly venture into uncharted lands.

To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

To have a successful career, you have to approach it as an entrepreneur, even if you are working for someone else. Your career is your own private business. You have to market yourself and your abilities and knowledge just as you would a product or service.

To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership .

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

Too many leaders act as if the sheep.. their people.. are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.

Top-down leaders, by withholding power from those in the ranks, deprive them of the ability to use the expertise and information vested in them to respond directly and with speed to customer concerns.

Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.

Total teachers aren't perfect teachers.

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

To work effectively as an agent of change in a pluralistic society, it is necessary to be able to connect with people different from oneself.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.