Leadership Quotes - Page 31

• Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

  John Baldoni

  Goal, Outcomes, Embrace

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• What a rope of sand we are without a leader.

  Marjorie Bowen

  Leader, Rope, Sand

  Marjorie Bowen (1907). “The Master of Stair”

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• the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Wish, Trying, Followers

  Mary Parker Follett, Pauline Graham (1996). “Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s”, Harvard Business Press

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• Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.

  Herman Edwards

  Inspirational, Doe, Stay Focused

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• Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

  Dan Hampton

  Sports, Play, Strive

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• Jump high and hard with intention and heart.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Life, Positive, Success

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.90, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Differences, Making A Difference, World

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• In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

  Stephen Covey

  Order, Self Improvement, Influence

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.243, Simon and Schuster

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• Leaders are made through discipline, training, experience, failure, and the desire to continually improve.

  Bradford Winters

  Discipline, Training, Desire

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• When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.

  Thomas Sowell

  Successful, Years, Somewhere Else

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• Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Running, Being Yourself

  "Stop Stealing Dreams". medium.com. March 6, 2016.

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• Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance of life. They ought to be cherished. To sell them out is to sell one's soul.

  Michael Short

  Honesty, Integrity, Soul

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• While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Depth, Conviction, Share

  Mary Parker Follett (2013). “Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization”, p.55, Routledge

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• Be a leader, not a superior.

  Toyotomi Hideyoshi

  Motivational, Leader, Superiors

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• Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

  Andy Stanley

  People, Helpful, Refuse

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• The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

  Sun Tzu

  Business, Art Of War, Responsibility

  "The Art of War". Book by Sun Tzu, Chapter V · Forces, 2003.

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  Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

  Jesse Jackson

  Strong, Pain, Mistake

  1984 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 18 July 1984, San Francisco

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• There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.

  Max De Pree

  Life, Motivational, Success

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

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• Half-heartedness never won a battle.

  William McKinley

  Motivational, Battle, Half

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• The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Reflection, Men, Practice

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• If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Power, Authority

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 1732.

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• If the experience of leadership is like being at the edge of an unfamiliar chasm, the act of leadership is building a bridge across that chasm.

  Kevin Cashman

  Bridges, Building, Chasms

  Kevin Cashman (2008). “Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The true leader makes each team member twice the person they were before.

  Leonard Sweet

  Team, Members, True Leader

  Leonard Sweet (2009). “Summoned to Lead”, p.68, Harper Collins

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• A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Journey, Discovery

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• ...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Max, Answers

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.129, Penguin

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