Leadership Quotes · Page 128

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

— Simon Sinek

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

— John C. Maxwell

But you pashed Jonah Griggs and he's the leader of the enemy.

— Melina Marchetta

If human progress had been more a matter of leadership we should be in Utopia to-day.

— Thomas Reed

The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.

— Marcus Buckingham

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)

— Kerry Packer

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have.

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.

— Laura Osnes

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

— Harvey Mackay

I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by…

— Samuel P. Huntington

The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best…

— John C. Maxwell

I think Mariska Hargitay on 'Law and Order: SVU' is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate.

— Spencer Grammer

“We are born with the need for a leader, someone to control the conflict between each individual's need. An alpha in the…

— Colin McAdam

If you are to be leaders, teachers, and guides among your people, you must have strength. No people can be fed, no…

— Alexander Crummell

I think people are worried about leadership and me being a pretty quiet guy. But I would say I'm not too quiet.…

— Justin Herbert

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts…

— Lance Secretan

As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American…

— John Bolton

In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos…

— Jeff Greenfield

People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so…

— Bear Bryant

We have been talking with leaders: Change is coming; you can no longer have a closed regime with an open society -…

— Ali Babacan

I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage…

— Bill Hybels

The rest of the world cares about how we conduct our affairs because they then take that lead. Were the only leader…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

A lot of times when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot…

— Daniel H. Pink

“The time would come when every leader in the world would read the writings of the Chinese Communists—for it was barely possible…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

— George Bernard Shaw

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

— John C. Maxwell

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to…

— Doug Stanhope

A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

— John C. Maxwell

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.

— Anna Held

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

— Ralph Nader

It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.

— Aristophanes

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is…

— John C. Maxwell

We do not see the world as it is. We see the word as we are.

— Anais Nin

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

— Mengistu Haile Mariam

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.

— Harry S. Truman

“I said I think I’m being followed.’ ‘Some men are born to lead, O.”

— David Foster Wallace

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

— Anonymous

“It’s built into the job. Bakers have flour, fishermen have nets, and leaders have lies.” Adare”

— Brian Staveley

People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories.

— Shonda Rhimes

When you become a leader, you lose the right to think about yourself.

— Gerald Brooks