Leadership Quotes - Page 62

Leaders know the great deal of productivity that comes out of a strong self-esteem. They help others to develop this esteem so that productivity can increase.

The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered the secret of combining the negative and the positive to PRODUCED their very own POWER plant!

True leadership can only be achieved when one looks within oneself and commits to authenticity. It gives us the courage to stand at the front and influence others to willingly follow; it gives us the courage to learn, inspire, demand the best and shape the future.

The Sodomy sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear the voice thereof.

Fearing our confrontations is one thing... facing them unarmed is a completely different matter.

Leadership is a longterm game.

The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.

Commerce does not have to be a ruthless, brutal enterprise that damages people’s lives. It can be a source of happiness, healing, and hope.

Don’t let the horrible nature of the waters prevent you from crossing the rivers of life. The more horrible the challenges we face, the sweeter the joy of conquering them.

There is strength in kindness.

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life.

Fundamentally, leadership is more about the future, but starts at today.

All great achievements of humanity begin with the madness of a few lion-hearts.

It is not enough to believe. Believe must lead to change of attitude and conduct.

Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and he did it with that born-leader's confidence and intensity that draws along the ordinary uncertain man, who soon confuses his own interest and his own safety with that of the leader.

Leaders are never measured by their success but rather by the success of those they've been entrusted to lead. Therefore, a leader can never be considered successful until those they lead are successful.

At Lead Star, we believe that leadership can help you create a better workplace, a better life, and a better you.

Serving others prepares you to lead others.

Every nation needs more people who love liberty, fear mob rule, and hate tyranny with the consistent logic and passion of Alexis de Tocqueville. He is still quoted by presidential candidates, but too often he’s ignored by presidents, and therein lies the danger. Tocqueville reads beautifully but governs even better.

Strategy is not really a solo sport – even if you’re the CEO.

Leaders are interested in gains. However, they acknowledge that there is no gain without pain. They embrace the pain.

People need to remember that a man who is deceptive deceives by hiding that he is deceptive. He is not going to openly validate that he is deceiving you because his aim is to deceive you.

Make the difficult choices and adopt the discipline regime required of a person who has set their mind to succeed, kiss mediocrity goodbye and translate an ordinary life to the extraordinary. It takes personal commitment of time and resources, and a sacrifice of non-essential pleasures to move towards success.

Cruel people are not only people who kill innocent people with guns. Individuals who steal from government coffers to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor are grossly cruel.

Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.

God will never delay His promise.You have delayed Him.

The closer we try to get to God, the more we will hate to sin in our own lives, the more we are saddened by the thoughts that runs through our minds. I also think that the more we draw closer to God, the more God will honour us and will open doors for the right things to happen in our life.

Overoptimism Is More Dangerous Than Overpessimism

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home

Expression is saying what you wish to say, Impression is saying what others wish to hear.

Without growth, organizations struggle to add talented people. Without talented people, organizations struggle to grow.

There is no seamen in the world who prefers a slow ship to a fast one. The painters painted better, the cooks took a little more time with the meals, and the technicians tightened the bolts just a little more. Their ship was no longer a cripple, and pride broke out in the crew like a rainbow after a summer shower.

Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.

Every day you should up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!

Don’t just be a deliverer of yourself, but a deliverer of your whole nation

If you're not called crazy when you launch something new, it means you're not thinking BIG enough.

A team succeeds where an individual fails.

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them.

A problem is nothing more than a solution outstanding.

Recognition motivates.

The size of a plane does not change the weather but it will get you above it. The size of your faith may not change your situation but it will get you over it.

Dream without fear, love without limits, and let your life sing its song.

Everyone has a kind of limitation respectively. Leaders don’t allow their own to obscure them in a small corner.

It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, you can’t be called a bird. Leaders make impacts because they create new ideas and so if you can’t think of any new innovative ideas, you can’t be a leader.

Branding is not just a product, it's also a way of life, an idea, branding is actually leadership.

A leader must produce other leaders. Why do you want to produce followers, when by being called a leader the assumption is that you already have followers? Influence those who follow to birth their kind and develop others to lead.

Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour.

When an employee truly understands the meaning of his work and gets recognition for his efforts he performs the best.

Leadership is detachment: detachment from material goods, detachment from feelings as well as personal detachment. To lead is to get rid of the filters of the mind and the addictions of the heart, is to see through the fog not only the objectives clearly but also the way to pursue them.

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

The laws of physics that deal with inertia also apply to humans, such that situations tend to remain the same over time.

You will always end up in frustration whenever you try to produce outside your purpose.

Be Chris LeDoux, Not Garth Brooks

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

Leaders prioritize what they want.

Leaders fail when they begin to fall in love with negative mindsets of other people!

Your friend Plato holds that commonwealths will only be happy when either philosophers rule or rulers philosophize: how remote happiness must appear when philosophers won't even deign to share their thoughts with kings.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

The choice to lead is nurtured by the willingness to rise above challenges of life.

It is never an idea, technology, market forces, or access to capital that makes a company innovative. What differentiates an innovative company from an average company is the people working inside the company.