Robert K. Greenleaf Quotes

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• Love without laughter can be grim and oppressive. Laughter without love can be derisive and venomous. Together they make for greatness of spirit.
• Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.
• The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference.…
• The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to…
• The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.
• A statement of vision is the overarching purpose, the big dream, the visionary concept-something presently out of reach-so stated that it excites the imagination and…
• One must not be afraid of a little silence. Some find silence awkward or oppressive. But a relaxed approach to dialogue will include the welcoming…
• Faith is the choice of the nobler hypothesis.' Not the noblest, one never knows what that is. But the nobler, the best one can see…
• The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.
• Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered,…
• Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.
• Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other.
• A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they…
• Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough.
• For the person with creative potential there is no wholeness except in using it.
• Not much happens without a dream. And for something great to happen, there must be a great dream. Behind every great achievement is a dreamer…
• On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long…
• Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.
• Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.
• Good leaders must first become good servants.

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