Leadership Characteristics Quotes - Page 2

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!

The easiest thing for a person is to accept everything as it is and adjust with everyone in the surroundings by sacrificing or compromising originality, but it's also the worst thing if he proclaims that he has changed himself.

Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?

A leaders gentle reaction and sound instruction are their greatest weapons.

One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.

Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a Better place, not a worse one.

Following trends on social media will not lead to social consciousness.

There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of them.

Leadership by deception isn't leadership. It's fraud.

Authenticity is a practice we choose in each present moment. It is not a plan or a destination to get to. The choices we make in the now are most important because in a fast-changing world, flexing to what’s happening now, and creating from it is a critical leadership skill.

Have patience and keep working. Everything will come alright in time.

Be excellent in your own terms.

Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.

The real power of a leader is in the number of minds he can reach, hearts he can touch, souls he can move, and lives he can change.

Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too.

Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.

Love opens the most impossible gates in the world. Feel, therefore, my would-be patriots. Do you feel? Do you feel that millions of your sisters and brothers are starving today and have been in such condition for ages? Do you feel my dear soldiers? Do you feel that the light of truth has become much scarier to the society than the darkness of ignorance? Does this not make you restless? Does this not make you sleepless? Has it not gone into your blood yet, coursing through your veins, becoming resonant with your heart-beat? Are you not yet seized with the one idea of lifting the misery from the society? Have you not been yet immersed in this idea, so much so that, you have forgotten your name, your fame, your property and even your very physical existence as a flesh and blood being? Have you done that yet? That is the very first step of the real education my friend. Your world needs heroes. Be Heroes!

Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are.

You don't die when your body stops functioning. You die when your name is uttered for the last time in the world.

I strongly believe that leadership is an art, not a science. I've learned that leadership can be innate or it can be learned. However, I don't believe anyone was truly born to be a great leader. Great leaders are formed over a long period of time through a series of opportunities and experiences. Without opportunities, even the greatest natural leader among us may never become known for great leadership.

The greatest risk most of us will take in our lifetime is that of repression or denial of basic rights of another person. The great risk is that you have no idea what will happen if that person you think so small or insignificant of stands up and totally eclipses the Sun in the universe of those lacking in empathy, humility, and humbleness.

With a little care for each other in the business world,we create a better one. A world in which human beings look after their fellow humans.

Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.

There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong.

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

Leaders cannot build a successful nation once they are yoked to these two evils, ignarance and greed.

God does not need just ability but availability

Great leaders are teachable leaders.

Whatever you do, do it as a master, not as a slave.

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies

Stay in your lane.

Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first , and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.

As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example.

We are endowed with different kinds of gifts for different kinds of services.

Self is All. (First Principle of Humanism)

When leaders lack expertise, nothing else works

If you have allowed a laborious lifestyle to suppress your dreams, then NOW is the time to take a STAND and give yourself PERMISSION to DREAM again! Now remove the clutter in your life and make PLANS to make your dreams a reality.

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

You cannot climb up to a true leadership position unless you use the ladder of integrity!

The Bible is the greatest book ever written. It is absolutely amazing the tremendous amount of joy, peace, and success one will experience simply by applying its admonition. If you truly want the “Good Life” follow the Good Book.

The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the wrong reasons.

Only a person who perceives that all human beings are important can become a great leader.

Great people never sleep because their dreams keep them awake and striving.

If you're not reaching back to help anyone then you're not building a legacy.

Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.

Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to give it.

In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.

In all spheres of life, there are constraints. You have to develop your own strategy to overcome each constraint.

I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better.

Solitude helps the soul remember that life andwork have two completely different meanings. It remindsus that we were created for greatness in relationship withothers, not task lists and spreadsheets.

There are no perfect leaders.

Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.

The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?

Keep calm and keep learning.

Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend.

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

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.

Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best.

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

Stop grovelling and start working.