Leader Quotes - Page 4

A leader cannot avoid being hated. This hatred is directly proportional to his influence and power. A person who does not wish to be hated should avoid leadership roles.

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

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.

When you don't see nothing wrong in anything you do, then you are doing everything wrong.

Your influence as a leader will increase when you empower others' strengths, which in return equips them to pursue their callings, not their shortcomings.

A stupid leader is like a dog who’s in love with his own voice. He will bark incessantly believing that people admire his tune. A wise leader gets his point across in as few words as possible and then gets off the stage.

Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need.

I'm going to be a great leader of this generation.The stars in the space up there are my witnesses.

When a leader keeps personal ego in check it builds the confidence and self-esteem of others.

Leaders face battles. They don’t run away from troubles.

There is no position so critical, no office so important, that the occasional, and even the more than occasional, utter incompetent will not wind up filling it. Heart surgeons, popes, presidents, it makes no difference. Look around and you will see an existence replete with people who are betraying, in a most egregious manner, the powers and responsibilities that have been entrusted to them.

The key function of a leader is, to build more leaders.

A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.

A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values ... and a heart.

Leaders are not born, but made as a result of hard work

The real character of leaders does not show in fair weathers. When the sun of life begins to go hot, you will see for yourself some leaders are already melting off!

A leader is criticised for whatever he does as all his actions benefit some and adversely affect others. When other people commit the same mistake, they can be forgiven or ignored, but never a leader, for his actions affect a large number of people.

Kaz had always kept himself at a remove from everyone. They’d wanted camaraderie, friendship, but he had never agreed to play their game, only his own.

The road to success begins with knowing what you need to know and why

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

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.

Better an unsung hero than a fallen star.

Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions.

If your vision inspires others to see their dreams and your actions motivate them to realize it, then you are a leader.

Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.

...21st century leaders use their brain cells more than their muscle tissues!

As a business leader you have to ask yourself, “Am I creating a consumer environment that is conducive to loyalty?” If the answer is no, FIX IT!

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

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.

To be a leader, you have to lead yourself first.

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.

Leadership is about taking steps while management is about drawing the map on the steps to take. Managers simply plan, leaders simply execute!

If you have a vision and there is no job title for it yet. That's a vision right there!

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

Leaders spend time reviewing their mistakes rather than having fantasies over their achievements! They look for every way to do the undone!

Every great leader once fell down from a tall ladder. You don't become a star until you get the scar. Take that risk now.

Between a plan and it’s achievement is a leader in the middle. With his one arm he makes the plan. With the other one he carries them through.

Innovative wisdom with purpose defines a leader.

The world needs heroes. Be a hero and build your part of the world.

If you compromise your core values, you go nowhere.

The clear purpose of the leader is to give a clear purpose to the team.

Opportunities loiter in every corner. Everyone may see them, but it’s only great leaders that stop by to give them lifts!

Leaders don’t fall in love with mediocrity. The status quo isn’t their desire to maintain but to improve.

Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.

When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.

To become a leader, renovate your mind with painting of peace and roof your heart with ceiling of love. No love, no leader!

You will find that people will always have opinions about your decisions. Don’t take it personally, it’s simply because they're not courageous enough to take action in their own lives. Be a leader in your life and pay no mind to those who lack the courage to do the same in theirs.

If I could remove one thing from the world and replace it with something else, I would erase politics and put art in its place. That way, art teachers would rule the world. And since art is the most supreme form of love, beautiful colors and imagery would weave bridges for peace wherever there are walls. Artists, who are naturally heart-driven, would decorate the world with their love, and in that love — poverty, hunger, lines of division, and wars would vanish from the earth forever. Children of the earth would then be free to play, imagine, create, build and grow without bloodshed, terror and fear.

A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn from him.

Leaders don't pray to God for money. They simply ask for His grace to solve problems. By solving problems, the money comes.

Those thinking Why, When, Where, Who are information providers; the one thinking “HOW” is the leader in solving the problem.

MANDELA: " a man deemed to be the greatest icon in Africa. his life thought me couple of lessons that always inspires me to strive hard for respect and to make an impact on humanity. may his footsteps continue to live for ever on the sands of time.

The single and peculiar mind is boundWith all the strength and armor of the mindTo keep itself from noyance, but much moreThat spirit upon whose weal depends and restsThe lives of many. The cess of majestyDies not alone, but like a gulf doth drawWhat's near it with it; or it is a massy wheelFixed on the summit of the highest mount,To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser thingsAre mortised and adjoined, which, when it falls,Each small annexment, petty consequence,Attends the boist'rous ruin. Never aloneDid the king sigh, but with a general groan.

Politics means implementation of the best ideas for the society in the path of wellbeing and progress. This is the approach that gave the world, leaders of glorious characters such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Subhas Chandra Bose (the actual man behind India’s Independence), Vasil Levski (the man who liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman oppression), Nelson Mandela and many more. These people were technically politicians too, but unlike the majority of the politicians ofmodern society, their approach to politics was what it should be in a real system of politics.

A leader in 10 minutes can unlock your potentials which in reality would have taken you 10 years to do without them.

A leader is the one who is pulling the sled hardest.

Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others.

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead. ~T.F. Hodge

Mothers and fathers are born everywhere. What the world needs are leaders.

Character- building education is what the world needs – education, that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal!