Leadership Quotes · Page 289

Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.

— Stanley Nelson Jr

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

— Fernand Braudel

The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an…

— Vladimir Bukovsky

My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about…

— Lars von Trier

Great leaders are not proverbial fence sitters. They judge. They opine. They challenge. They fight for their vision.

— Gad Saad

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

— Henry A. Kissinger

I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval…

— Rahm Emanuel

You can try reading books that will help you be a leader, like Marshall Rosenberg and Thich Nhat Hanh. Be very humble…

— Sandra Cisneros

There is nothing easy about developing a team of individuals, and making them a part of something bigger than themselves. But an…

— JSV

To be kind is sometimes more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that…

— David Ahiome

I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders…

— Thad Cochran

Even as an 18-year-old, I had to grow comfortable with my leadership style, which is that I was really impatient with under-motivated…

— Bing Gordon

We are all here now and we have to solve our differences and live together as Australians... I will use the title…

— Lowitja O'Donoghue

The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards…

— Edmund Burke

“You had to have these peasant leaders quickly in this sort of war and a real peasant leader might be a little…

— Ernest Hemingway

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

— Frances Hesselbein

I'm an opposition leader. But Mr Modi is also my prime minister. Mr Modi has certain skills. He's a very good communicator.

— Rahul Gandhi

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps…

— Anonymous

“He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military…

— H.W. Brands

I started understanding that my strength is my gentleness. A leader isn't a dictator, a leader is a servant.

— Tony Gaskins

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

— Tony Dungy

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American…

— Carly Fiorina

At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.

— Mike Lee

The most important thing in a person's life is his faith and how he translates his faith into practical deeds.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Leadership is steering people away from situations were they are likely to fail and putting them in position to succeed.

— TJay Taylor

Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If…

— Bill Dedman

It would just be nice if we had leaders in Washington who could unequivocally take a stand on behalf of democratic movements…

— Cornel West

Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask…

— Sylvia Poggioli

There's something about 'Essence' that we more than like - that we really love: the history of the community, the forward-thinking leadership.

— Richelieu Dennis

Dreams are where we visit the many lands and landscapes of human possibility and discover the one where we feel at home.…

— Jonathan Sacks

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor,…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

“Women always bring it back to the personal,' said Handsome. 'It's why you can't be world leaders.' 'And men never do,' I…

— Jeanette Winterson

Leadership is a position where you want to create the opportunity to inspire people to walk along beside you, not listen to…

— Andrew Whitworth

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must…be undaunted when the going gets tough.

— Ronald Reagan

“A strong confident person can rule the room with knowledge, personal style, attitude and great posture.”

— Cindy Ann Peterson

“LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner sees “fewer things done better” as the most powerful mechanism for leadership.”

— Greg McKeown

The essence of leadership is essentially taking the responsibility of trying to interpret the future to the present.

— Paul Keating

It's clear to me that America must continue its leadership in NATO to stand against any further Russian aggression.

— Tom Suozzi

Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.

— John Wooden