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• Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.

  John Wooden

  Leader, Banner, Behinds

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• Great leaders inspire us to go places we would never go on our own, and to attempt things we never thought we had in us.

  Hans Finzel

  Leader, Inspire, Goes On

  Hans Finzel (2013). “The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make”, p.17, David C Cook

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• It is said that great leaders are born, not made. The saying is true to this degree, that no man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do, unless he genuinely likes people, and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage.

  Bruce Barton

  Believe, Men, People

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

  Adrian Peterson

  Team, Nfl, Leader

  "Run Like Adrian Peterson". Interview with Andrew Daniels, www.menshealth.com. November 14, 2011.

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• The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.

  Paul Polman

  Jobs, Responsibility, Thinking

  Source: www.smh.com.au

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• When leadership rises to genius it has the power of transforming, of transforming experience into power. And that is what experience is for, to be made into power. The great leader creates as well as directs power.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Leadership, Genius, Made

  Mary Parker Follett (2013). “Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization”, p.52, Routledge

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• We all know that great leaders can create great successes.

  Kenneth C. Griffin

  Leader, Great Success, Knows

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• Great leaders make leadership look so easy.

  Pat Heim

  Leadership, Looks, Easy

  Pat Heim, Susan K. Golant (2005). “Hardball for Women: Revised Edition”, p.121, Penguin

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• Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.

  Seth Godin

  People, Empowering, Leader

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.23, Penguin

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• I hear people everywhere saying that the trouble with our time is that we have no great leaders any more. If we look back we always had them. But to me it seems there is a very profound reason why there are no great leaders any more. It is because they are no longer needed. The message is clear. You no longer want to be led from the outside. Every man must be his own leader. He now knows enough not to follow other people. He must follow the light that's within himself, and through this light he will create a new community.

  Laurens van der Post

  Men, Light, Profound

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• No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader

  John C. Maxwell “Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Every great leader has a generosity gene.

  Jack Welch

  Generosity, Leader, Genes

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

  Allen Klein

  Inspirational, Leadership, Power

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• What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"

  Naomi Watts

  Thinking, Leader, Directors

  "INSURGENT Interview: Shailene Woodley, Naomi Watts, and Octavia Spencer". Press conference, collider.com. March 20, 2015.

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• I've heard people say that the trouble with the world is that we haven't enough great leaders. I think we haven't enough great followers. I have stood side by side with great thinkers - surgeons, engineers, economists; people who deserve a great following - and have heard the crowd cheer me instead.

  Babe Ruth

  Cheer, Thinking, People

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• It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say, have an exceptional self-confidence which is not only on the surface, but penetrates deep into the subconscious.

  Bertrand Russell

  Self Confidence, Thinking, Roots

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.32, Routledge

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• California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming. We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Strong, Moving Forward, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  People, Leader, Inspire

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• Be wary of great leaders.

  Pete Seeger

  Leader

  "Pete Seeger dies aged 94" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2014.

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• Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Leader, Retiring, Exertion

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• You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

  Jack Welch

  People, Leader, Would Be

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• ...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

  Moliere

  Dance, Skills, Dancing

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• He's very competitive and knows what he wants. He has developed toughness in character and that is what is needed for Indian cricket. Ganguly has proved to be one of the best captains. He has now acquired great leadership qualities.

  Steve Waugh

  Character, Quality, Want

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• Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand that their purpose goes far beyond the mere details of their job. When everyone is united in purpose, a positive purpose that serves not only the organization but also, hopefully, the world beyond it, you have a winning team.

  Colin Powell

  Jobs, Team, Winning

  Colin Powell (2012). “It Worked for Me (Enhanced Edition): In Life and Leadership”, Harper Collins

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• Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

  Simon Sinek

  Leader, Tools, Blame

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