Leader Quotes - Page 10

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.

When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.

When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.

Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.

Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.