Leadership Quotes - Page 18

• Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Positive, Uplifting

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• If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

  Dale Carnegie

  Motivational, Work, Bees And Honey

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "Born to Run: Origins of the Political Career". Book by Ronald Keith Gaddie, p. 119, 2003.

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• The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Powerful, Passion

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• What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get a bonus. However, it also means your income will no longer be limited, you will use your time more effectively, and you will no longer need to beg for favours from people anymore.

  Jack Ma

  Business, Mean, People

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• One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.

  George Ade

  Sports, Food, Men

  "Hand-made Fables".

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• There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 30 August 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Inspirational, Being Happy, Freedom

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.55, Beacon Press

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• Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

  George R. R. Martin

  Kings, Men, Rabbits

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.50, Bantam

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• He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

  Aristotle

  Dancing, Followers, Great Leader

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• A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Funny, Art, Humor

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• Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Believe, Unique, People

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (1997). “Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration”, p.210, Basic Books

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• The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

  Max De Pree

  Responsibility, Reality, Firsts

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Character, Care, Reputation

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• I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Football, Children, Training

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• Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

  Laozi

  Humility, Army, Men

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• It's not about you. It's about them.

  Clint Eastwood

  Social Media

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• Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.

  Edwin H Friedman

  Inspirational, Visions Of The Future, Way

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• A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to a lot more, which he imposes on his staff. If his people miss the stretch numbers but exceed the realistic goals, he's happy. If he's a superb manager, he knows how far they can stretch without breaking.

  Twyla Tharp

  Numbers, Goal, People

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• What you allow you encourage.

  Michael Josephson

  Authority

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• Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

  Frederick W. Smith

  Motivational, Inspiration, Judging

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• Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Persistence, Men, Path

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.35, A&C Black

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• Leadership is the name that people use to make sense out of complex events and the outcomes of events they otherwise would not be able to explain. In other words, people attribute leadership to certain individuals who are called leaders because people want to believe that leaders cause things to happen rather than have to explain causality by understanding complex social forces or analyzing the dynamic interaction among people, events, and environment.

  Joseph C. Rost

  Believe, Names, People

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• The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

  Plutarch

  Inspirational, Education, Teaching

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• Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Commitment, Circles

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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