Lead Quotes

Leaders believe that falling is not failing, but refusal to rise up after falling is the real form of failure!

Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer's arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.

Those footprints in the snow led me to this wildfire.

[On action filled leadership] Telling your team what to do is showmanship.Showing people how to do it is leadership. Leading for the purpose of visual effect will not accomplish the vision.

True leaders don't give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.

An army of disciplined sheep is greater than an army of undisciplined wolves.

Any leadership that disempowers its followers cannot be entrusted to lead.

If you want to wait till your black hairs turn grey and your teeth start pulling out before you become a leader, you are either too fast to prove your ignorance, or you are too late to know who you are made of.

You are your own leader. Where are you driving yourself to now? You can't afford to go wayward! Rise up and break new territories and live life so well.

The reason why nothing happens is because nothing was done. Something will happen when something is done. Leaders take actions!

If you haven’t found yourself yet, it’s difficult to help someone to discover himself. False leaders make more false leaders!

Rephrase the words "staff members" into team members. Because the people in our team are far more than employees, or colleagues. We are a unit!

I wasn't planning to lead, I was standing in the back and then everyone turned around.

True leaders are ready to sweat when making rehearsal, than to cry tears when actually practicing. To save the tears, be ready to sweat!

Let's face it. We live in a command-based system, where we have been programmed since our earliest school years to become followers, not individuals. We have been conditioned to embrace teams, the herd, the masses, popular opinion -- and to reject what is different, eccentric or stands alone. We are so programmed that all it takes for any business or authority to condition our minds to follow or buy something is to simply repeat a statement more than three or four times until we repeat it ourselves and follow it as truth or the best trendiest thing. This is called "programming" -- the frequent repetition of words to condition us how to think, what to like or dislike, and who to follow.

The definition of management is literally "control," but the definition of true leadership is love.

Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people with your purpose.

I don't need to be vocal about my intentions, I am just intentional about my actions.

When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

Leadership is an art expressed by the demonstration of characters worthy of immitation, emulation and inspiration. It is neither a title nor a postion.

It is not just about what you can do that will make you a leader. It is about how well you can do it.

Today I am leading because yesterday I was reading.

Divide and rule, the politician cries;Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

It takes more than one individual to make a team.

With God’s help, your trial today is leading to your wholeness tomorrow.

Living in God’s righteousness and conducting your work according to God’s golden principles will undoubtedly lead any born again Christian to incredible success

An open mind and heart usually lead you to those who have the same.

We weren't born to create excuses, we were born to create excellence.

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

The farther you venture into the forest the more valuable the fruit.

Those who mistrust their own abilities are being too wicked to themselves, discouraging themselves from doing what they should have been excelling in. If you are good at discouraging yourself, you can't be a good leader because leadership is built on inspiring others to face challenges.

At the end of life, your reward in heaven will not be proportional to the role you played on earth, but how faithful you played it. Be faithful in every little role you are to play; it'll lead you to a greater reward! Faithfulness is key!

Wolves travel in packs, but the fiercest travel alone.

As a leader, you have to disbelieve what you can’t do. It’s by so doing that you can believe in what you can do. It’s only by disbelieving that it can fly that the horse keeps galloping!

A leader is heard, a great leader is listened too.

Our active civil position will lead us to the manifestation of the glory of God in our nation

A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influencial. Everyone has this self-leadership quality.

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.

Don't let people intimidate you into downgrading your goals. They intimidate only because they are intimidated by your goals.

One of the most common areas where we fail is when we begin to think that genetic make-up of a person determines how far he can lead". Leadership is learnt and practiced!

One of the most deadly causes of destruction of divine destinies is when a leader is failing, but he or she does not know it. Ignorance about your role is a death plot against people's successes.

For those who have learned what suffering is early on, you have prepared ahead of the pack so that you can take care of the pack.

True leaders are like statues, whether it rains or it shines, they never bend their necks to look backwards! They never run away from challenges!

16. Christians should never consult astrologers, psychics, or those who practice witchcraft (see Isaiah 47:13-14). They are usually phonies who only pretend to have extrasensory powers. But in some cases, they are working in cooperation with Satan. Rather than tamper with this evil world, the one true God wants us to bring our needs, problems, and decisions to Him. He has promised to lead us into all truth (see John 8:32).

If the problems you have this year are the same problems you had last year, then you are not a leader. You are rather a problem on your own that must be solved.

A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads of success will spine by your own efforts. And where power is abused, there is manipulation instead of inspiration.

Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them.

Don't apologize for expressing passion.Don't back down when it comes to your integrity.Don't let anyone undermine your standards for the sake of ease.Be a character of excellence, NOT excuses.

Say "no" to corruption; it does not fit you! Say "no" to bad leadership; you don't fit there. Say "no" to immorality; it will only fake you! Be bold to say "no" if that is what will take your breakfast away; you will get a sweeter lunch pack for compensation sooner.

If you find you're not getting what you want, stop and think about what it is you really need. If there is a lesson to be learned, learn it. Getting what you need, will often lead to what you truly want...

Lead with your heart. The rest will follow.

Let the one in least fear, lead.

Ask for a fish, and you only get one; ask for a net, and you can catch dozens.

A clarion call to the 7000 remnants who are yet to bow their knees to Baal, to arise and come out of the wilderness to take charge of the guard that would lead their Nations and church to the promise land

Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup –and our destiny.

Hope is the great deceiver. Hope is the piper who leads us sleepy to our slaughter.

We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential.

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.

Your character and attitude is what takes the lead in your leadership role and you follow them as a true leader". Poor character and attitude is eventually poor leadership.