Leaders Quotes · Page 40

Great VCs are more than mere investors; they are often seasoned leaders who have built companies themselves.

— Joe Lonsdale

I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.

— Chirlane McCray

“Leaders don't venture without vision. They don't pray without plans. They don't climb without clues. They are always prepared.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Promised yourself never to keep quiet on the truth. Speak it out and let the lie die”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

— Grace Lee Boggs

Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.

— Lance Morrow

Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.

— Robert Kagan

“The role of leaders is not to get other people to follow them but to empower others to lead.”

— Bill George

Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders.

— Camille Paglia

Leaders today are isolated by phalanxes of body guards. It's profoundly undemocratic, the way they have used terrorism as a means to…

— Robert Harris

When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get…

— Amity Shlaes

Leaders who lead purposeful organizations are those who put people first. No, it's not a cliché when they actually do it. It…

— John Baldoni

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that…

— Kobe Bryant

Introverts are more effective leaders of proactive employees. When you have a creative, energetic work force, an introvert is going to draw…

— Laurie Helgoe

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

— Shiv Khera

It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most…

— Gary Hamel

“A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.”

— Roy T. Bennett

There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong

— Al Ritter

“This is about designing a culture that is so strong and healthy, your team can’t stay quiet about their experience.”

— Mitch Gray

“You put your own joy in prison if you work hard to make other people’s happiness suffocate.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant…

— F. Sionil Jose

“Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“We need leaders who build not their own egos but the institutions they run.”

— Susan Cain

Leaders provide for their people what the people cannot provide for themselves.

— John C. Maxwell

Choosing a system is no longer enough, coaches have to be psychologists and motivational leaders too.

— Giorgio Chiellini

“We are so often steered by our leaders towards the irrelevant so as to overlook our main concerns.”

— Nabil N. Jamal

I want to be one of the leaders that's going to keep the light shining bright.

— Leonard Fournette

“Great Leaders do NOT break the law, not because of the fear of being caught but because of the fear of God…

— Fela Durotoye

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

— Max Lucado

“When you are silent on the truth, you have given a transport fare for the lie to travel and spread fast.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.

— Franz von Papen

“A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.”

— Wayde Goodall

“The architect and the father of war are covetousness of the leaders and of different interest groups fueling war.”

— Sunday Adelaja

A strong believer in the importance of cooperation in the hemisphere, President Trump has made engagement with regional leaders a top priority.

— Robert C. O'Brien

“Great leaders are not afraid to do things that no one has done before. They set the precedent for change. Without great…

— George Ilian

Spiritual leaders are not made by man, nor any combination of men. Neither conferences, nor synods, nor councils can make them, but…

— Samuel Logan Brengle

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best…

— Jay Nixon

In my opinion, there are different leaders and different ways to be a leader. Some of them speaking more, some of them…

— Javi Gracia

Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali