Leader Quotes - Page 11

I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves.

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was my case. But once the institutions have been put in place, and the responsibilities delegated, the leader becomes a reference, a referee, a symbol and unifying figure for the nation. The issue is how and when to recognize the moment when staying in power becomes counterproductive.

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

Great leaders don't succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

I don't care if they respect me so long as they fear me.

We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.