Great Leader Quotes - Page 12

• He [Mikhail Gorbachev] has, as many great leaders have, impressive eyes....There's a kind of laser-beam stare, a forced quality, you get from Gorbachev that does not come across as something peaceful within himself. It's the look of a kind of human volcano, or he'd probably like to describe it as a human nuclear energy plant.

  Dan Rather

  Eye, Volcanoes, Leader

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• Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.

  Charles M. Blow

  Leader, Humanity, Together

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• We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, War, Winning

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• Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment with the status quo.

  John P. Kotter

  Organization, Leader, Feelings

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• Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Groups, Terrific

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• Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.

  Pat Williams

  Heart, Views, People

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• Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

  Simon Sinek

  Inspirational, Sacrifice, Numbers

  "Why good leaders make you feel safe". Simon Sinek at TED2014, www.ted.com. May 19, 2014.

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• If your program has a great leader, you'll get great things. If you don't have a great leader and people aren't on the same page, you have a lot of different people doing a lot of different things. That's where trouble starts.

  Deshaun Watson

  People, Leader, Pages

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Leader

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Writing, People, Leader

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• Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.

  John C. Maxwell

  Self, Discipline, Leader

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• The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.

  Jeffrey Sachs

  War, Leader, Alliances

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• Hines Ward, Plaxico Burress, Jerome Bettis-they are great leaders. I listen to everything they say.

  Ben Roethlisberger

  Leader

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• When you coach and teach leadership, most people think about them. It's like you're the leader and how do you influence them. Clearly, leaders do take their followers, their flock, their enterprise, their business - whatever - hopefully to a better place. But I think the foundation of what makes really great leaders is they lead themselves, and they're conscious about knowing themselves and coaching and leading themselves in a very profound way. The simplest of us talk to ourselves. The question is, "Do we really lead ourselves?"

  Les Wexner

  Thinking, People, Profound

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• Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

  Peter Drucker

  Hype, Leader, Three

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• I think that Paul Ryan could be a great leader for our country. But I think that he is in a moral choice moment, and so far, he`s choosing wrong Donald Trump.

  Keith Ellison

  Country, Thinking, Leader

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King’s side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin’s memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.

  Barack Obama

  Kings, Memories, Gay

  Barack Obama's speech at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 20, 2013.

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• Given the challenges and adversity we face in business and life today, Jon Gordon provides a clear road map to navigate the negativity and pitfalls that too often sabotage individual and team success as he shines a light on the truths that define great leaders, great teams, and great energy. I especially loved the part about leading with purpose. I consider this a valuable book for anyone looking to bring out the best in themselves and their team.

  Tom Gegax

  Team, Book, Adversity

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• Great leaders must be able to realize when something isn’t working-no matter how hard they’ve worked to make it succeed.

  Jim Rohn

  Leader, Matter, Able

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 07, 2015

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• Nothing motivates like success. While academics, consultants and gurus are preoccupied with coming up with great insights and seminal ideas, usually they don't realize that making things happen, achieving operational excellence, moving the organization from uncertainty to clarity, from red ink to black, is what really creates hope for a better future. Therefore, great leadership always involves great ideas and real actions that reinforce a strong belief in the excellence of the decision makers and in the viability of the organization itself.

  Judith M Bardwick

  Strong, Real, Moving

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• You have a great leader now, you have a great president, you have a tough president. He's not gonna be easy on people that are breaking the laws and people that show this tremendous violence. So I really have a feeling that you're gonna have a very, very peaceful and beautiful Paris.

  Donald Trump

  Beautiful, People, Leader

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates. Leaders must actively work to seek feedback and a reality check. They must be open to asking questions and framing issues. As the world becomes more complex and global, the risk of isolation becomes greater. The need for leaders to be open to learning becomes greater. Great leaders will need to ask the right questions and balance inquiry with advocacy.

  Robert S. Kaplan

  Reality, Leader, Advice

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• My nation faces a fundamental challenge - survival. The regime is more threatened than ever before. My forefathers had it easy. The Great Leader, my grandfather, ruled with the support of the world's other superpower at the time, the Soviet Union, as well as our China. But today, the Soviet Union is history and China has become more integrated with the Western system. And the United States seeks regime change in my country. And yet, we have survived with our ideology and system intact. How? Because we have built a protection for ourselves in the form of nuclear weapons.

  Kim Jong-un

  Country, Support, Leader

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Great leaders don't play by the existing rules.

  Mark V. Hurd

  Play, Leader

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• I think leadership comes from the top down, but a great leader knows when the time is right to act, and leadership involves the ability to mobilize and galvanize the people, and to inspire the people to follow.

  John E Ferling

  Thinking, People, Leader

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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