Leader Quotes - Page 55

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

You don't need a team leader, you need quality.

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.

As soon as everyone is on the bandwagon with one idea, a leader should be working on the next one.

I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader.

It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our peoples. To expect a people to be able to enjoy their culture without their cultural heritage and their sacred belongings is equivalent to amputating their legs and digging up the ground and asking them to run a marathon.

Business leaders love the humanities because they know that to innovate you need more than rote knowledge. You need a trained imagination.

I'll tell you...why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn't about brawn...it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy. And I think that, [now], they...put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman...they're not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength.

Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors of Aborigines and by government officials and if you become part of that system, it's always difficult to break out of it.

Does the commandment 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' mean nothing to us? Are we to interpret it as meaning 'Thou shalt not kill except on the grand scale,' or 'Thou shalt not kill except when the national leaders say to do so'?

Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.

We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.

The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.