Strong Leaders Quotes

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

  Ralph Nader

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

  Zig Ziglar

  Leadership, Strong, Humble

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 27, 2013

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

  Grace Hopper

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper". The OCLC Newsletter, No. 167, www.cs.yale.edu. March/April 1987.

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• Strong people do not need strong leaders.

  Ella Baker

  Strong, People, Leader

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• Women have always been the strong ones of the world.

  Coco Chanel

  Strong Women, Empowering, Empowerment

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• My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

  Ella Baker

  Strong, War, People

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• Great groups give the lie to the remarkably persistent but incorrect notion that successful organizations are the lengthened shadow of a great woman or man. However, each great group has a strong leader. In fact, great groups and great leaders create each other.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Strong, Lying, Successful

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

  John Wooden

  Strong, Giving, Leader

  John Wooden (2005). “Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion”, p.29, McGraw Hill Professional

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• You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

  Ella Baker

  Strong, News Stories, Play

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• Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

  John C. Maxwell

  Strong, Organization, Leader

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “Real Leadership: The 101 Collection”, p.63, Thomas Nelson

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• We need a leader who can lower taxes, protect small businesses, and increase job creation nationwide. I have no doubt that John McCain appreciates the important role Hispanics play not only in the economy, but in our nation's culture as well -- he has a track record with Hispanics for more than 20 years as a senator from Arizona. The American people need a strong leader who has the experience and the judgment to be the next President of the United States, and that man is John McCain.

  Katie Barberi

  Strong, Jobs, Men

  "McCain Counters Powell Endorsement With Soap Opera Actress" by Nico Pitney, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2008.

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• Nixon is a strong leader with a good grasp of the world's problems. He knows that the only way to argue with the communists is from a position of strength.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  Strong, Leader, World

  "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 254, 1991.

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• The Islamic world is obsessed with the notion of strong leaders. This is a mistake. We don't need powerful leaders, but rather unconventional, progressive thinkers with the courage to open our minds.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Strong, Powerful, Mistake

  "They Live in a Bleak, Devastated Universe". Interview with Erich Follath and Romain Leick, www.spiegel.de. November 14, 2005.

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• I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Strong, Believe, Hard Work

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.178, Hachette UK

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• In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.

  Zong Qinghou

  Strong, Leader, Done

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• Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

  Bill Walsh

  Strong, Nfl, Leader

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.128, Penguin

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• A brilliant analysis of leadership in democratic, authoritarian, and totalitarian states, Archie Brown's The Myth of the Strong Leader draws on a remarkably wide range of examples and is distinguished by the relevance of its insights and by the precision and clarity of their exposition. It is an absorbing read that deserves to become a modern classic of political thinking.

  Jack F. Matlock, Jr.

  Strong, Thinking, Leader

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• Politicians are really getting desperate. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent out a final fundraising email to Democrats with the subject line, 'I'm begging.' Because what better way to show you're a strong leader than acting like you're drunk and dialing your ex?

  Jimmy Fallon

  Strong, Majority Leader, Fundraising

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• As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

  John C. McGinley

  Leadership, Strong, Heart

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• My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Strong, Guarantees That, Leader

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• Strong leaders cannot tolerate weak leaders above them.

  Tom Krause

  Strong, Leader, Weak

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• Dhoni has the respect of all other playing. nations. I've found him to be a really strong. leader

  Glenn McGrath

  Strong, Dhoni, Leader

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• Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.

  John C. Maxwell

  Change, Strong, Moving Forward

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