Leadership Quotes - Page 54

I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference.

What separates those who build exceptional lives from others, is the way they use their time.

If you ask me I think the greatest breakthrough each and everyone of us need is not on finance, marriage, work, relationship, own house, car but self. The first breakthrough should start from being selfish.

The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking; the science of questioning is to frame system thinking, with the progressive pursuit of better solutions.

On the journey to self discovery be grateful for the fools along the way. Their lack of kindness fueled your success ~bns

When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last.

Know when to push, pull & hold your followers, lest you push them while on the edge of a cliff

One biographer said Kennedy lived along the line where charm became power.

An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.

A positive attitude creates a passion that wakes a leader up. To the leader, attitude is more powerful than an alarm clock. Positive attitude in true leadership is what makes an alarm clock unnecessary!

Of what use is my going to church every day and still come home and remain the same? Of what use is my attending the mosques and the next day I enter the mall with knives and start slaughtering people in the name of religion.God is a God of variety. He was not stupid creating all of us different with our uniqueness.His creating us different shows the level of His creativity. He didn't make you white to hate black or vice versa. He made it so that we can cherish and love each other irrespective of our differences just as He loved us with all our flaws and our short comings.Can we forgive those who have offended us? Yes and some will say no but never forget that you are not worthy but God still forgives you even till the last hour of your life.If God can love us against all our atrocities why can't we learn to love one another.Take a look around you, you can only see sad faces. Was that really God's intention for us on earth? Absolutely not. But we have remoulded God's creativity to suit our taste and lifestyles and now we are reaping the fruit of our labour. You should not expect to reap love when you sowed the seed of hatred. What a man sows that he reaps. We sowed on weapons of war and we are yielding war in return. We have sowed on weapons of destruction so why are we asking for peace.If you ask me....I will say let's go back to our source. He has never lost any battle. I am a living witness.

If you can`t listen to people, they hardly will follow you.

Yes. Oh no! I don't subject myself to a leadership that does not break new territories! It is the job of leadership to succeed in landing its limbs on new grounds.

An average man is egoistic, proud and has strong self esteem. They always require partners who massage their ego not those who will drag their ego to the mud.

Never be anxious about maintaining the position you occupy. Be anxious about maintaining your good character and you will never lose your leadership influence!

Thinking outside of the box is unnecessary when there are no boxes in your imagination.

Future strong is being focused enough and mindful enough and courageous enough to search for patterns and order when all others see chaos and noise.

The reward for goal-setting is that as you achieve each goal, you feel in charge of your own destiny, with every moment taken up productively. Self-esteem increases and it becomes easier to remain motivated. So set those high goals and make clear plans for their execution.

Knowledge is strength. Ignorance is the kiss of death.

The person following is never in control, which she knows full well and which is exactly why she does it.

The fragile ego of a poor leader can not resist the urge to tug at the delicate fabric of good order and disipline thus unraveling their own true nature.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leadersare made rather than born.

Human beings are not separate from nature. We are nature. The beauty of the sunset is your own beauty. The power of the ocean is your power. We are inseparable from the beauty of the mountains, rivers, and forests that surround us. The more that you can allow your natural self to come out – to honour your natural beauty, your natural creativity, your natural thirst for leadership and compassion – the happier and healthier you’ll be.

When we allow negative messages to fester in our head, they take on a life of their own.

Leadership is not the loudest roar that creates change it is the consistent whisper that challenges your fears and inspires your magnificence

Good governance is about nothing more or less than creating happiness. It really is that simple.

True leaders do the right thing when the team's success is at stake and integrity is challenged.They just commit to personal excellence~Bluenscottish

Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity of character. Only one leads to greatness.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

I admire successful men and women who endured and overcome unusual circumstances to fulfill their dreams.

Because discipline is misunderstood or not as valued as it has been, the United States—and some might argue the world—is experiencing a cultural leadership crisis.

You have to imprint your own style. People like authentic personalities.

There is nothing good in the devil and there is nothing bad in God and with God all things are possible . And all things are possible to those that believe.

His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.

By means of positive imaginations, leaders bring the future to the present so that they can work on it before setting off to enter it.

The humble one is the better one.

Life is a series of choices and all we can do is make them.

Instead of casting aspersions at the process, why don’t you redirect your energy towards something more advantageous, like finally completing the Program!

When you make up your mind that you want to be Great, you have to learn about the Great people of the past, the Great people who changed the world, and the Great people of each respective category of absolutely everything you can think of. You have to saturate your mind in greatness. You literally have to get a degree in it. Greatness is a journey into those who have come before you. ‪

Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion.

You are special individual. Never envy others.You never know what they go through.Seek and be inspired by the works of others. Learn their secrets for success.

We must always be mindful of who we are being while we are leading.

I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, in the parlance of the theater, that audience and I were together.

Boundaries are easier to manage when your values are well-defined.

You can´t learn leadership from books. You learn it by following.

If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction.

You should be able to criticize and evaluate yourself before others do it. Check for congruity between your defined mission, vision, values and your practiced attitude, behaviour and habits.

Perfection of this human life happens when we take the responsibility to be and act as authentic Leaders in every life situation.

Innovators are the ones whose dreams are clearer than the reality that tells them they're crazy.

Because of fear, most people don’t dream big. Because of fear, even those who dream big do not start working on them. Because of fear, those who start working on their dreams end up quitting too early.

Every interaction is an opportunity to learn, Only if we are interested in improving rather than proving.

As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound. There is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.

Entrepreneur, either your brand is distinct or your brand is distant.

A leader who sows confidence will reap excellency and legacy. A leader who sows fear will reap stagnancy or complacency.

Diversity of character is due to the unequal time given to values. Only through each other will we see the importance of the qualities we lack and our unfinished soul's potential.

I don't just have only the peace of God, I do also have a God who gives peace, not just resources but the revelation of His presence.

To be fully in service to something one has experienced as real is the essence of leadership in a nonhierarchical age. A leader is the holder of a story, someone whose experience of its reality is deep enough so that she can hold the belief on behalf of others.

Overcoming challenges purifies you like gold to become bold.

‎"You will never reach your dreams without honoring others along the way.

Real change is difficult at the beginning, but gorgeous at the end. Change begins the moment you get the courage and step outside your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.