Successful Leaders Quotes - Page 2

• People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Differences, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Motivational, Leadership, People

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• Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 17, 1960.

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• Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Inspirational Life, Hard Work

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

  George E. M. Kelly

  Leadership, Business, Differences

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• Great communication, Character, Competitive drive, Consistency, Compassion, Confidence -- skills successful leaders share.

  Avery Johnson

  Communication, Character, Successful

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• The unconscious mind governs our decision-making, and much of our communications. It's imperative, if you want to be a successful leader, to become aware of these key human actions.

  Nick Morgan

  Communication, Successful, Keys

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face.

  Wendy Kopp

  Teacher, Believe, Successful

  "Eight questions for Wendy Kopp". "Democracy in America", www.economist.com. April 3, 2010.

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• All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.

  John C. Maxwell

  Mistake, Successful, Errors

  John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the primary tenets of the course was that highly successful leaders kept journals, morning and night, in order to stay tightly focused on their goals.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Morning, Successful, Night

  Karen Marie Moning (2009). “Dreamfever: Fever Series”, p.130, Delacorte Press

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• COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous.

  John C. Maxwell

  Letting Go, Successful, Leader

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Oct 06, 2014

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• I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.

  David Livermore

  Successful, Thinking, Impact

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Successful, People, Leader

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• Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.

  Diane Dreher

  Leadership, Time, Successful

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• Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they
  took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.

  Larry Osborne

  Successful, Keys, Decision

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• The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.

  Henry Ford

  Successful, Greatness, Thinking

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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

  Leadership, Successful, Years

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• The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which are not yet there... Above all, he should make his co-workers see that it is not his purpose which is to be achieved, but a common purpose, born of the desires and the activities of the group.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Successful, Common Purpose, Leader

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• And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Leadership, Successful, Leader

  "Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett".

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