Leadership Quotes · Page 171

“To lead on purpose, we must understand how we diminish by accident.”

— Liz Wiseman

Every time in politics they've a change of a leader, just remember they're changing liars.

— Jeremy Limn

“The position you have occupied, will test the power of your character.”

— JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA

“The most creative leaders are smart yet naive, playful but disciplined, humble, and proud.”

— William C. Taylor

Economic necessity should be the mother of educational invention

— Andy Hargreaves

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

— Bill Veeck

It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.

— Vera Farmiga

The fortitude of any organization depends solely on the quality of its leadership.

— Richard Bydder

“Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” Is that not also…

— Stephen R. Covey

Make sure you're realistic about what you can do, but if you have a good lead with something, making the plunge into…

— Ben Clymer

As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're…

— Patrick Lencioni

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and…

— Tom Peters

I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it.

— Pat Roberts

We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the…

— Mike Johanns

A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're…

— Shonda Rhimes

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and…

— William J. Clinton

“My mother used to tell me to be a leader, never a follower. As a respect to my the words of my…

— Lionel Suggs

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to…

— Opal Tometi

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

“The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and…

— David G. Jones

People who work for me are working for what I believe in. The leaders who run our companies do so on the…

— Richard Branson

“Don’t disappoint anyone by telling them that they are weak enough to fight for their rights. Encourage them by telling that they…

— GK Dutta

The only way to stop it [terrorism] is to work with the leaders of Islamic nations to insure that tolerance of other…

— Richard A. Clarke

The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no…

— Dallas Willard

Our success multiplies each time we lead someone else to success.

— Susan Collins

Leaders don't look behind; they don't look to the side - they look ahead.

— Anand Mahindra

If you do not have the time to read, you do not have the time to lead.

— Phillip C. Schlechty

The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.

— William Hazlitt

Be a leader, not a follower. Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot be.

— Vernon Davis

Young people aren't the leaders of tomorrow. They are the leaders of today and tomorrow.

— Kathy Calvin

Your organization will take on the personality of its top leaders

— Abraham Lincoln

Good leadership is about the company's success, not your own.

— Anne M. Mulcahy

It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.

— Phil Knight

“Managers maintain the present while leaders create the future.”

— Orrin Woodward

“If you can’t handle others’ disapproval, then leadership isn’t for you.”

— Miles Anthony Smith

I'm not the most vocal guy, but I try to lead by example every single day with how I work.

— Brandon Ingram

The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I'd rather be a winner than a leader, cause a leader can lead his team to failure.

— Anonymous

Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

— Lewis Grizzard

When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

— Tom Brady