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Leadership Quotes by James M. Kouzes
- If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer.
- There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.
- The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
- If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.
- Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.
- We have to recognize that however smart we are, we're not smarter than everyone else combined. . . . We can't lose sight of the…
- Leadership isn’t the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It’s a process ordinary people use when they’re bringing forth the best from…
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- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang. — Mary Kay Ash
- Every silver lining has a cloud. — Mary Kay Ash
- Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida