Leader Quotes - Page 21

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

One revolution is still necessary: the one that will not end with the rule of its leader. It will be the revolution against revolutions, the uprising of all peaceable individuals, who will become soldiers for once so that neither they nor anyone else will ever have to be a soldier again.

There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

To an old leader will be born an idiot heir, weak both in knowledge and in war.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to their prestige. The best proof of this is that, should they by any circumstance lose their prestige, their influence disappears.

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led.

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message. What I have learned is that people become motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power and when you make heroes out of employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.

So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.

Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things or conveying knowledge.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.

Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.

I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.

Future leaders will be less concerned with saying what they will deliver and more concerned with delivering what they have said they would.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.