Being a leader Quote by Lewis H. Lapham Download Open image “Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.” — Lewis H. Lapham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being a leader Character Degrees Followers Future leaders Great leader Integrity and character Integrity character Leadership Restraint Self restraint Technique Traits
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character. — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. — Harold S Geneen Copy Share Image
Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The future turns out to be something that you make instead of find. It isn't waiting for your arrival, either with an arrest warrant… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
[For American consumer society], the country's reserves of ignorance constitute a natural resource as precious as the Mississippi River or the long-lost herds of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song. — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
About the presence of death and dying I don't remember the society in the 1950s being so skittish as it has since become. People… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. — Polybius Copy Share Image
I think there is a big and significant difference between being a leader and being a manager-leaders lead from the heart. You have to… — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. — John Hume Copy Share Image
Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character… — Bernard Law Montgomery Copy Share Image
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
Leadership is possible in all different ways, and in all different areas of life. Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like… — Bill Owens Copy Share Image
Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
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