Leadership Quotes - Page 13

Future strong individuals will not take on personal sacrifices, hardships and corporate crap that sidetrack them from their dreams and goals.

Somehow we American pastors, without really noticing what was happening, got our vocations redefined in the terms of American careerism. We quit thinking of the parish as a location for pastoral spirituality and started thinking of it as an opportunity for advancement. Tarshish, not Nineveh, was the destination. The moment we did that, we started thinking wrongly, for the vocation of pastor has to do with living out the implications of the word of God in community, not sailing off into the exotic seas of religion in search of fame and fortune.

Twitter gives people an illusionary sense of leadership.

Leadership is a process where a leader has a purpose oriented destination and lets the followers find the best way to get there with a common vision and goal.

Pique or policy. We would never know.

REAL success, satisfaction and joy has nothing to do with owning STUFF!

One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.

Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position.

The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do when there is more than one principal, and when the principles clash.

Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the human first, then God if you want.

The show became its own little world, with its own internal rhythm and high standards.

Now, as you well know, it is not seldom the case in this conventional world of ours - watery or otherwise; that when a person placed in command over his fellow-men finds one of them to be very significantly his superior in general pride of manhood, straightway against that man he conceives an unconquerable dislike and bitterness; and if he have a chance he will pull down and pulverize that subaltern's tower, and make a little heap of dust of it.

People who sneer at a half a loaf of bread have never been hungry." George Reedy

Don’t set your own goals by what other people make important.

Groves, with his eye for sizing up people who could get things done, saw the deep ambition Oppenheimer covered with his surface charm.

Youths are the life blood of any nation.

Age in just a number. It carries no weight. The real weight is in impacts. The truth is that you can do it at any age. Get up and be willing to leave a mark.

The value of someone is not determined by titles, positions and sects, but by the impact and the major contributions he/she makes in the society by digging a hole in the universe to build a foundation for the next generation that is coming.

Mindfulness improves your capacity for self-discovery and empowerment.

No matter what the odds say, be even with who you truly are.

You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful.

Service is a sacred strength.

A good leader lays seeds to grow trees of peace. A bad leader lays down bricks to build walls of ignorance. Always choose the peacemaker, not the divider. The one who unites and strengthens a country, not divides and cripples it. A leader that will build bridges, not walls.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

The unity of Nigeria will only come if we overcome and overgrow tribe, materialism and selfish human nature.

The same styles you used earlier may become monotonous over time. You want to remain relevant, so you got to change that style.

We are enjoined whenever we behold the gifts of God in others so to reverence and respect the gifts as also to honor those in whom they reside.

A true dreamer is one who knows how to navigate in the dark”.

I’m glad that this team has a woman for a leader,” Onoria finally said. Regina didn’t quite know how to reply. “I’m fed up with men in charge not knowing what they’re talking about.” Onoria turned towards Regina. “Aren’t you?”“I don’t like people in charge that don’t know what they’re doing, male or female,” Regina said.

Live a life that fits your specific circumstances, not one that fits someone else’s expectations

Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know; How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?

... The form of leadership must be the focus of constant reappraisal. Weber states, for example: 'Each new fact may necessitate the re-adjustment of the relations between end and indispensable means, between desired goals and unavoidable subsidiary consequences.' This process of re-adjustment is ultimately without resolution, for the political and ethical value-spheres are not only in constant opposition but also in permanent flux. It is the task of the politician to negotiate this value conflict and to be decisive as to the value to be pursued and the means to be employed.

Leadership needs continuous learning from experience. Every time you learn something new, you re-wire your brain.

Feeling threatened by others' choices pulls us all down. Instead, we should funnel our energy into breaking this cycle.

The great actors always play themselves.

Weak leadership will always hide behind ambiguity and rhetoric.

The most essential requirement for leaders is neither age nor gender. It is neither certificates nor positions. It is the character that reveals trust and exemplary life.

No country can police corruption in other countries when it itself is not free from corruption. You cannot clean a dirty wall with dirty hands.

He has led us in here against our fears, but he will lead us out again, at whatever cost to himself.

Have a clear plan or strategy to translate your success philosophy into desired results. Adopt an effective work ethic, with a laser-focus and requisite execution strategies to produce results.

What is your hands to make a difference in the world?

You don’t need a huge number of people with little passions to get a good job done. You rather need few people with huge passion.

If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea.

The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Our expectation in ourselves must be higher than our expectation in others.

A clear mind achieves success.

If want to become a person with vision, get back and reconnect to your source.

A wise man is someone who knows how to convert obstacles into resources.

his was a profession in which a good leader constantly had to adapt to new weapons, whether he liked them or not,

He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within.

Notice I did not say what people can do--what we can do is merely a consequence of what we can be.

Leadership is about taking people from a good place to a better place where they would not regret to be.

She was an experimental child but compassionate with it.

Count your blessings, discount you’re loses

If you want your ministry to have ‘it’, more important than anything else we’ve discussed, you must have ‘it’. When it has filtered through your heart - the rare combination of passion, integrity, focus, faith, expectation, drive, hunger, and God’s anointing - God tends to infuse your ministry with ‘it’. He blesses your work. People are changed. Leaders grow. Resources flow. The ministry seems to take on a life of its own.

You can’t afford to limit your joy. It has been proven several times that angry people are never happy people.

Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.

The Disciplined Leader is someone who focuses on the 20 percent of activities that drive 80 percent of results.

The essence of leadership is not to portray yourself as some sort of know-it-all, but your ability to develop the people you are working with so they themselves can take the initiative and do the organizational drive.

There are batons that you will obviously choose to pass on, upon your death, but there are others that would be advisable you pass on whilst you are still alive. Implement as practicable as possible, all succession elements that can be done whilst you are still alive so that you can ensure they are done according to your will/desire.