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Leadership Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.
- I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.
- Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions…
- The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the ones that should…
- It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the…
- If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that…
- There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of…
- If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
- In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
- A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and…
- There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.
- It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
- There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his…
- Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.
- Appearances matter — and remember to smile.
- One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
- A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing…
- As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
- You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
- Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but…
- What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others…
- As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own…
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