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Leadership Quotes by Max De Pree
- In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
- In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the…
- In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This…
- The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
- The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required…
- Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.
- Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.
- The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
- The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
- Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful…
- Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.
- A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But…
More Leadership Quotes
- 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