Leadership Quotes - Page 71

Let your words glorify God and edify your hearers and then beautify your life.

Train your emotions to listen to your fundamental empowering beliefs. Be principle-centred and values-driven.

I’d always heard people say and I’m sure you heard it too, “Change takes time.” But, my parents taught me the more important lesson, very silently but with even greater clarity, “Change takes time. But, it also takes people.” People who are willing to put in their everything. Change doesn’t happen by itself.

Every woman's man and every man's woman.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

A hardness to change reveals a hardness of heart.

A great leader may be executed in the name of malevolence, yet when his followers look upon his legacy they will see not only the man who once stood, but even more will they see the ideas for which he stood.

Men of God are not just born, they are formed

A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders – which storekeeper was respected, which farmer was listened to other farmers – only through endless hours of subtle probing of reticent men.

Employees who are not engaged have untapped potential that sours like a perishable item.

Stagnancy will suffocate a business… Leadership must be dynamic and evolving to ensure successful growth, enhancement, and longevity.

When you have nothing to say, don't.

True leaders spend time reviewing their mistakes rather than having fantasies over their achievements! They look for every way to do the undone!

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

...The happy Warrior... 'tis he whose law is reason; who depends upon that law as on the best of friends; whence, in a state where men are tempted still to evil for a guard against worse ill, and what in quality or act is best doth seldom on a right foundation rest, he labors good on good to fix, and owes to virtue every triumph that he knows: who, if he rise to station of command, rises by open means; and there will stand on honorable terms, or else retire, and in himself possess his own desire; who comprehends his trust, and to the same keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; and therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait for wealth, or honors, or for worldly state; whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, like showers of manna, if they come at all:

People before Profit.

Innovative leaders today are digital conductors, problem-solvers, and culture influencers.

Leadership is the ability to make things happen.

They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.

anytime you speak to anybody, remember somebody

... If instead of colonies you send troops, the cost is vastly greater, and the whole revenues of the country are spent in guarding it so that the gain becomes a loss, and much deeper offense is given since in shifting the quarters of your soldiers from place to place the whole country suffers hardship, which as all feel, all are made enemies and enemies who remaining, although vanquished, in their own homes, have power to hurt. In every way, therefore, this mode of defense is as disadvantageous as that by colonizing is useful.

Your potential is not a trial and error experience. God designed and predetermined you to be a success story.

The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions, or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to supersede the necessity of their having any. If he were to make a discovery to the contrary, he would be simply stunned — would never recover himself, most likely, except to gasp and die.

Leadership is not a voice crying in the wilderness, aloof and apart. It requires an ability to command as well as to inspire, to learn in the process of collaboration and to build a team with a common purpose that can take action and execute the change they envision.

Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight.

Sometimes, beyond all else, should be a true passion and investment in driving the result and a lack of fear associated with making it happen.

He communicates authenticity to an electorate ravenous for it.

A praiseworthy King is he who doesn't seek the most expensive throne, rather the most effective leadership style.

If leadership is the way forward, vision is its walking stick.

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

Your relationships will either empower you to overcome obstacles, or put fears in you so you can run away from them.

Some problems are imaginary and not real.

Don't confuse one leader's bluster for muster or another leader's meekness for weakness.

Personalising success means defining it in line with your defined mission and beliefs. This will help ignite a passion for the dream as well as develop underlying values and attitudes.

People who run away from challenges are cowards and no coward deserves a reward.

Develop the muscles for hard work and never be an early quitter.

Leadership view is multidimensional with the full spectrum of colors.

I believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine.

The best leaders don't give a damn about the definition of leadership, they are thinking about more important things.

Your only limitation is the limits of your imagination so dream big.

Every organisation, not just business, needs 1 core competence: Tactical execution

You can't dominate a network with old-style leadership.But, you can emerge, with the network's consent, as one of its leaders, regardless of your formal position or job title.

By constant practices, deliberate repetitions and uninterrupted exercises, leaders go from zero to hero. They don't quit.

You can actually herd cats. They can't be forced, of course. But if they sense something they want, if there enticed by something good, they'll follow, even in herds.

God always have a perfect way for every imperfect situations.

Lead by example, the change you want to see in this world starts with you.

Motivation doesn't work, Your decisions do!

The grain of evil seed had been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness had it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?

A few of the managers we spoke with for this book worried that the tour of duty framework might give employees "permission" to leave. But permission is not yours to give or to withhold, and believing you have that power is simply a self-deception that leads to a dishonest relationship with your employees. Employees don't need your permission to switch companies, and if you try to assert that right, they'll simply make their move behind your back.

The challenge has always been that "good people" don't know how to win elections

The only way to be content in life is to make sure your NEED don't become GREED.

If you are number 2 or 3 and you are ok with that, then you are ready to be number one and everybody is ok with that.

Businesses create real value if they drive the fulfilment for other people. The true definition of leadership.

The most damaging cognitive bias is overconfidence (illusory superiority), making leaders use their “gut” when they should be more rational.

Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.

In order to get where you want to go in life, you have to Geeet!

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

Never undermine the power of passion. You have a very high chance of achieving anything you are passionate about.