Leadership Quotes · Page 225

“This is what it leads to! This is what it leads to if you let your attention wander for a moment!”

— J.M. Coetzee

One day, Mexico will have a leader who is nationalist not simply in rhetoric, but also in fact.

— Stephen Kinzer

Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

— John C. Maxwell

Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Being one step ahead makes you a leader Being fifty steps ahead could make you a martyr.

— John C. Maxwell

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

— Brandi Chastain

Football has changed, but my style of leadership, my approach, hasn't.

— Jupp Heynckes

A leader's responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

— Henry Cloud

What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of…

— Emory Douglas

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S.…

— Sherrod Brown

Elon Musk is an incredible leader and entrepreneur. I have known him since 1995 when he first came to Silicon Valley.

— Steve Jurvetson

Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we…

— Anonymous

A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the…

— Michael Jordan

“Leadership that begins by putting others’ interests first has the strength to forge lasting relationships.”

— Barry Banther

Leaders are forced to kill all the time. Then they have to learn to live with the decisions they make. Just like…

— Joelle Charbonneau

Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are…

— Carol Bartz

I'm a complete libertarian. I think it's very, very dangerous. I really mean that. I think the smoking ban is a tip…

— Jeremy Irons

“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

“Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission? If there is not, how can…

— Erich Fromm

“Without an acceptance of multiple biblical church models, your own movement and network may plant cookie-cutter churches in neighborhoods where that model…

— Timothy Keller

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

— Bill Hybels

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

— Ali Babacan

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

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 most powerful weapon in the world is, Question.”

— Krishna Sagar

No one is born a good citizen or a good democrat or a good leader; it takes time and education.

— Kofi Annan

“We become what we think. If you have a negative thinking, stop thinking.”

— Alin Sav

The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.

— Rich Eisen

It's very important to match a party and to match leadership to a moment.

— Annamie Paul

Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip.

— John Wooden

“It turns out horrendous when you choose the wrong options.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

The most important thing about leadership is your character and the values that guide your life.

— Brenda Barnes

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

— John Diefenbaker

I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them.

— T. D. Jakes

It's our duty as leaders in Washington to keep the government running.

— Austin Scott

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

— Frederick Douglass

Emotions are the glue that holds the cells of the organism together.

— Candace Pert

We finally got Nebraska where we want them...off the schedule.

— Cal Stoll

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

— Simon Sinek

Denmark needs change, Denmark needs to move on and Denmark needs my leadership.

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt