Quotes about leadership
leadership
He had the leadership to make that happen.
leadership patriotic listening-to-others
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. Woodrow Wilson
leadership battle half
Half-heartedness never won a battle. William McKinley
leadership self-esteem quality
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. William James
leadership character men
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron. Samuel Smiles
leadership respect thinking
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. Tupac Shakur
leadership thinking perception
This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception. Robert Teeter
leadership together citizens
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other. Robert Teeter
leadership fun mistake
If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders. Robert Townsend
leadership running jobs
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs. Robert Townsend
leadership leader deeds
The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti Virgil
leadership animal landscape
I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals. Werner Herzog
leadership nature reality
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse. Van Jones
leadership future-leaders firsts
Good leaders must first become good servants. Robert K. Greenleaf
leadership men years
I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years. Walt Whitman
leadership eye race
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. Sandra Day O'Connor
leadership sports sorry
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher. Rogers Hornsby
leadership skills followers
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers. Warren G. Bennis
leadership jobs reality
The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren G. Bennis
leadership art boys
I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that. Warren G. Bennis
leadership dream believe
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream. Warren G. Bennis
leadership opposites future-leaders
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Warren G. Bennis
leadership groups great-leader
Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group. Warren G. Bennis
leadership people followers
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change. Warren G. Bennis
leadership iron soul
The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom-as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul; that moment created the resilience that leaders need. Warren G. Bennis
leadership weather mountain
Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders. Warren G. Bennis
leadership future-leaders born-leaders
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born... Warren G. Bennis
leadership business failure
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. Warren G. Bennis
leadership opportunity conflict
Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity Warren G. Bennis
leadership summer risk
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. Will Rogers
leadership education learning
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling
leadership country vision
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since. W. Averell Harriman
leadership sports firsts
I've got to be first. ALL the time. Ty Cobb