Leadership Quotes - Page 8

• Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Motivational, Business, Men

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• Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

  Jesse Jackson

  Challenges, Vision, Moral

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• If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Dream, Business

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• The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Business, Blow, Essence

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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  The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

  Tony Dungy

  Team, Nfl, Secret

  "The Mentor Leader". Book by Tony Dungy, www.today.com. 2010.

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• Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Success, Confidence

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Aug 01, 2013

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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• Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen,
  well-timed, sincere words of praise.
  They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

  Sam Walton

  Appreciation, Team Building, Engagement

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• Leaders are those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Empowering, Leader

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• What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Business

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• Consensus is the negation of leadership.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Consensus, Negation

  "Los Angeles Times Interview : Margaret Thatcher : The Lady's Not Made for Ducking a Tough Question". Los Angeles Times Interview, articles.latimes.com. November 28, 1993.

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• Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

  John W. Gardner

  Style, Quality, Next

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• To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

  "Courage: the heart and spirit of every woman : reclaiming the forgotten virtue". Book by Sandra Ford Walston, 2001.

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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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• The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, People, Politics

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• We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Life, Positive, Peace

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

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• Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

  Lance Secretan

  Inspirational, Attitude, Heart

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• A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Philosophy

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• Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Christian, Long, Listening

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.74, Moody Publishers

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• Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, People, Management

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.198, John Wiley & Sons

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• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

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• The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.

  Eugene Habecker

  Pay The Price, People, Desire

  Eugene B. Habecker (1987). “The Other Side of Leadership”, Scripture PressPublications

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• Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

  Brian Tracy

  Helping Others, People, Entrepreneur

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  There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Perseverance, Determination

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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