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• Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Jesus, Distance, Lds

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

  Thomas Sowell

  Teamwork, Live Life, People

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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• Confront your inadequacies and push your personal boundaries: It's the surest way to grow, improve and expand the scope of your influence.

  John C. Maxwell

  Way, Influence, Boundaries

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• Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

  John Peter Zenger

  Vision, Weakness, Absence

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• Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

  Stephen Hawking

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.

  Aubrey Malphurs

  Christian, Leader, Right Place

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• Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.

  Thomas S. Monson

  People, Want, Young

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• The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.

  John Baldoni

  Inspiring, Lying, Simple

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• The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Teamwork

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dream, Famous Inspirational, Positive Thinking

  Back to Methuselah pt. 1, act 1 (1921). This was a favorite quotation of Robert F. Kennedy's, and Edward M. Kennedy used it in his eulogy of Robert Kennedy.

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• Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Business, Women, Power

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Art, Business, Military

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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• The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

  John Buchan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

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• Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Vision, Doe

  Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.224, Lexington Books

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• The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

  Walter Lippmann

  Inspirational, Change, Success

  New York Herald Tribune 14 Apr. 1945

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• The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Greatness, Effectiveness, Achievement

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• Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs
  of those who would be affected by it

  Marian Anderson

  Education, Understanding, Coaching

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• The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.

  Jim Rohn

  Team, Goal, Problem

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• So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?

  Paul Ryan

  Years, Different, Four

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

  Jesse Jackson

  Jobs, Business, Political

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• People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Basketball

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.108, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

  Red Auerbach

  Sports, Communication, Coaching

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• Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wall

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.120, Mango Media Inc.

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• Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Top Management, Average, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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