Leader Quotes · Page 62

A business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.

— S. Truett Cathy

We're really taught to be followers from a very young age - men lead and women follow.

— Zozibini Tunzi

Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

— Voltaire

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

— Nelson Mandela

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

— Robert Townsend

This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making.

— Steve Ballmer

A leader needs enough understanding to fashion an intelligent strategy.

— John P. Kotter

You want a leader, Western leader, English-speaking? Mitt Romney.

— Mark Shields

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but…

— Rosalynn Carter

It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not waste time fantasizing about a world of…

— Marcus Aurelius

Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgment, wisdom, personal…

— Walt Disney

The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.

— Warren G. Bennis

My biggest thing is, I'm learning what it's like to carry myself in a personal way and also a professional way: how…

— Genevieve Padalecki

I've always thought of my own mind as an unruly parliament, with a feeble leader, with crazy extremist factions.

— Rivka Galchen

“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

— Roy T. Bennett

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the…

— Grace Hopper

In the States, the movement's actually gotten much much much stronger. There really was no climate movement so to speak before that…

— Bill McKibben

I think, unfortunately, many opinion leaders in Germany - including government officials, politicians, social service bureaucrats and so forth - they are…

— Karl Lauterbach

The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes…

— Daniel Kahneman

When we know why we're here as individuals and leaders, when our people know why they're here, a sense of purpose carries…

— Howard Behar

My vision of a better world would be one under the control of a strong United Nations, one that truly has the…

— Lloyd Bridges

“Some people sought to lead. Most did not. Some people sought to star on television, or show in art museums, or become…

— Steve Bein

In a world that is changing as rapidly as this one, we need to think differently about leadership. Leading is not done…

— Susan Collins

“Managers light a fire under people; leaders light a fire in people.”

— Kathy Austin

“Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.”

— Orrin Woodward

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

— Anonymous

If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader.

— Urban Meyer

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

— Arnold H. Glasow

The actor in me always wants to link himself to a leader who's inspired.

— Chris Bauer

“Great leadership is not about giving orders, it's about taking others”

— Saji Ijiyemi

“The most important personal-growth phrase you will ever hear a good leader say to you is “follow me.”

— John C. Maxwell

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

— Colin Powell

Leaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life.

— David Cottrell

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I bring toughness. I'm a leader. I bring defense as well.

— Tyler Herro

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

— William Arthur Ward

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

— Tony Blair

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

— Seth Godin

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

— Young Jeezy