Leaders Quotes - Page 9

A leader’s goal is to improve on upon the past and if your goal is to remain where you are, doing the same things you have done times and times again, you can’t lead.

I noticed that volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, though are not good events, they are better than the silence of good people when bad people take the podium. The latter are to an extent uncontrollable, but the former can be stopped.

Most great accomplishments do not look promising in the beginning. If you give up on a big dream too early, you have probably stepped on gold and mistook it for a rock.

I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!

You leaders, where do you lead your people to? Do you sow in them the seed of possession?

When we step into positions of leadership, we make a whole set of promises we may not know we are making.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

Leadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position!

Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.

May God give you the grace to do many good deeds.

Ensure you have done each day’s portion of the heavy responsibilities resting on you. Never delay your success!

When the leader goes wayward, the organization goes wayward.

When you look at Van Gogh, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa from a "fiscal" perspective, they were homeless. When you look at them from a humanityperspective, they were priceless.

People easily become familiar with what you teach them practically than what you tell them verbally. Action fixes images in their minds and they can carry those images for a long period.

The spirit of service is the heart of humanity.

You can’t shower happiness on others without getting few drops back on yourself.

Leaders fight hard wars againstinjustice and unfairness. Theybelieve that the truth is a weapon;when triggered, the lie dies.

Leaders take actions. Attacking your plans with blows of actions will not cost you painful but temporal bruises. Never leave goals untouched.

No true individual has existed yet, able to live, able to die. Only diseased, tragic, or dismal and ludicrous fools who sometimes hoped to achieve some ideal by fiat, by their great desire for it. But usually by bullying all mankind into believing them.

Leadership isn't about age but rather, leadership is about influence, impact & inspiration.

Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.

Becoming accomplished at what you do is no easy task, nor is the goal reached in a day. The process is time consuming, requires dedication, innovative ideas, meticulous strategizing and can be quite tedious at times. For many, the ultimate objective is to challenge the status quo, change the game, chart unexplored territory, and set a new standard of excellence. Sometimes hitting those marks is its own reward. Seeing others apply your blueprint to construct their own path to success is even more fulfilling. Leaders are motivated by believers! Bask in the imitation of others. After all, it is the highest form of flattery!

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a King and of a King of England too.

People follow leaders by choice. Without trust, at best you get compliance.

Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.

Her scar tissue, which she seems to amass both physically and mentally, may not be pretty, but they have become tougher than if she had never been wounded at all.

The sweeper of the street is a leader in his own respect provided he does his job well with all love, diligence and attention than anyone would do when given the same broom sticks.

You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence

Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.

If you don’t allow one to become a lion, one will become a sheep. And the world is already filled with sheeps, which is the major cause of the society’s intellectual and moral downfall. For a better future to evolve, where humanism will be an all-pervading virtue and separatism will be a matter of ancient history, the world needs lions.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.

Organisations are innovating quicker than ever. Your members need to excel from being a team player to a team builder.

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

Sign of a true leader - shares the knowledge with smile...

Leadership defined: An equal and dual commitment to both results and relationships without compromising one for the other.

Until you step in the game and influence the skills, you will never change the score line.

Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.

Five people with passion can do better than fifty people with mere desire or interest.

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies.

A leader cannot fall prey to the whims of the voices that shout the loudest, but must stand as a voice of reason in defense of the silent.

You may gain a position, but that does not mean you've gained leadership. You may lose position, but that does not mean you've lost leadership! When you gain true character, you can leadership and when you lose it, you cease to be a leader!

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority.

The strongest storms make the best sailors. The strongest games make the best players. Tougher challenges make the best leaders.

It is the people who innovate that inspire, and innovation is not born of the status quo.

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity.

Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.

The worst ever offence you can commit against your time is to think that “time spent making plans is time being wasted!” Leaders don’t think that way!

Remember that things are not always as they appear to be… Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities.

Leaders think it’s possible. They inspire followers to believe in the same good news and it becomes a blessing to them. Leadership is all about inspiring people to believe in what becomes profitable to them!

Leaders know where they can function better. They don’t cry over what they cannot do.

A responsible citizen is the one that sees something wrong in the society, something he is not satisfied with or that he cannot agree with and responds not by blaming the government or leaders. But by designing ways and means of bringing a lasting solution to the issues at hand

Leaders know how to set priorities. They focus on the task that requires the most rapid attention.

Great leaders are great servants because the only way of setting an example is by demonstrating an example. Service to mankind is the key to true leadership!

The heart of service is grace of belonging.

I suggest to you, late or not late, the moment you have discovered that the mission of someone is to pee on your dreams, keep him away or keep away from him.

Great leaders do not fear challenges, because challenges don't break leaders but sharpens them.

The competency of people you mobilize to work with will determine the output you will receive. As a leader, always look for people who buy into your vision.