Leader Quotes · Page 109

I think leadership is not something you learn; it's something you discover.

— Myles Munroe

The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.

— Bill Frist

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.

— Peter Drucker

It is time. You must lead. Ultimately everyone must at some time lead.

— Marlo Morgan

Humility is the key characteristic of a worship leader. Actually, the key for any great leader.

— Chris Tomlin

Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.

— Gerald R. Ford

Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.

— Jake M. Johnson

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“In modern organizations, leadership does not only come from the top; it radiates from the middle and ascends from the bottom.”

— Liz Wiseman

Jim Jordan has already proven himself to be a leader and man of his word on these fronts as Chairman of the…

— Anna Paulina Luna

“five skills, which he called leadership principles, that he wanted OneGoal teachers to emphasize: resourcefulness, resilience, ambition, professionalism, and integrity.”

— Paul Tough

There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be…

— Phil Knight

Our leaders know we’re turning into a giant ghetto and they are taking every last hubcap they can get their hands on…

— Matt Taibbi

Religions become corrupted when leaders are assigned to explain God's will to people instead of showing them how to find this direction…

— James Redfield

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

What I learned from Barack Obama the person is that you can be a great leader and a good person at the…

— Daniel Pfeiffer

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with…

— Simon Sinek

Sri Chinmoy was a once in a lifetime spiritual leader who touched the lives of millions of people through his teachings, art,…

— Al Gore

“Managers manage a process they’ve seen before, and they react to the outside world, striving to make that process as fast and…

— Seth Godin

Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates.…

— Robert S. Kaplan

there are camels which have the quality which in humans is called the revolutionary spirit, and the caravan leader fears to keep…

— Mildred Cable

I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I…

— Anonymous

If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to…

— John Viney

You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where…

— Rick Hillier

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

— Groucho Marx

The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

— Andy Stanley

You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

— Robert Hunter

“Being a leader isn't a title, it's a lifestyle and there is no on and off switch.”

— Tyconis D. Allison Ty

“effective leadership isn’t an art. It’s a science.”

— Friederike Fabritius

Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

— Andy Stanley

“Cream always rises to the top...so do good leaders".”

— John Paul Warren

A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.

— Geena Davis

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance..

— Eric Shinseki

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.

— Daniel Goleman

“Forget what you’ve heard: leaders are made, not born.”

— Thomas Smith

Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.

— Max De Pree

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

— Jack Ma

“A good leader always accepts the blame and distributes the reward.”

— Amit Kalantri

It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.

— Idi Amin