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• And it falls to a true leader to see to it that his or her people have an inspiring vision to pursue.

  Bill Byrd

  Leadership, Fall, People

  Bill Byrd (2004). “Sweet Success: 12 Proven Habits of Winning Leaders”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

  Johan Cruijff

  Change, Football, Mistake

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• True leadership means to receive power from God and use it under God's rule to serve people in God's way.

  Leighton Ford

  Mean, People, Use

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• My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take." -Carlist Rieekan

  Timothy Zahn

  Decision, Leader, Weight

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• The ruling quality of leaders adaptive capacity, is what allows true leaders to make the nimble decisions that bring success. Adaptive capacity is also what allows some people to transcend the setbacks and losses that come with age and to reinvent themselves again and again.

  Warren G

  Loss, People, Decision

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• It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Wise, Divorce, Example

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• The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

  Stephen Covey

  Exercise, Democracy, True Leadership

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

  Richard Rohr

  People, Leader, Immature

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  True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

  Justin Timberlake

  Voice, Risk, Heard

  Twitter post from May 9, 2012

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• Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn’t something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.

  Jackson Katz

  Winning, Games, Goal

  "What to Say to Boys and Young Men About Big Ben" by Jackson Katz, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2011.

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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

  Leadership, Christian, Long

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

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• A true leader always feels that it's truly wise to be considered a fool by those who are not actually nice, and actually not nice to be considered a wise by those who are truly fools.

  Anuj

  Wise, Nice, Leader

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• True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

  Myles Munroe

  Followers, Use, Benefits

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• True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

  James C. Collins

  People, Good To Great, True Leadership

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• A man who tells you to follow him, will turn his followers into his company. While a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.

  Suzy Kassem

  Men, Leader, Doe

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.

  Donald Trump

  Team, Responsibility, Leader

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• True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Home, Long

  First Speech Before the United Nations General Assembly (64th Session), delivered 23 September 2009, New York, NY

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• True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.

  Carmine Gallo

  People, Leader, Inspire

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• current research is showing that true leaders enjoy using their power and are comfortable with it - so comfortable, in fact, that they don't mind sharing that control when it is appropriate to do so.

  Marlene Caroselli

  Leadership, Power, Mind

  Marlene Caroselli, William J. Rothwell, Dale C. Brandenburg (1990). “The Language of leadership”, Center for Professional development

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• I had the honor to meet Geraldine Ferraro on a few occasions over the years at the DNC and what struck me was how she managed to be both gutsy and graceful at the same time. Without a doubt she was a trailblazer who not only stepped outside the box but who dared to redefine it. I always left her presence with the sense that she truly knew what she was talking about but that she never felt the need to browbeat you with it - instead she inspired people to listen and then act, and to me thats the hallmark of a true leader.

  Adrienne Maloof

  Talking, Years, People

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• A true leader is someone who maximizes the potential of their people; who ignites their passions and gives them the opportunity to make the most of their gifts in the service of a larger goal. The leaders I met at the talent hotbeds embodied those values.

  Daniel Coyle

  Passion, Opportunity, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone.

  Leslie Ludy

  Home, Leader, Crowds

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

  Leonard Sweet

  Leadership, Team, Members

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

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• The true leader isn't really looking for leadership. He's trying to set an example and be in the proper way to get the most productive results and don't realize it. When the followers get something done, if the leader has been what he should, they'll feel like they did it, not him. That's the way it should be.

  John Wooden

  Leader, Trying, Way

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.

  Andre Maurois

  Men, Order, Ideas

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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