Leader Quotes - Page 56

Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality

Some leaders are born women.

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.

When leaders behave consistently with the expectations of customers, they are doing things inside their organization that deliver value outside.

Women are natural leaders. They are wired to lead.

Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

The leader...is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability to recognize valuable ideas.

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic

One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

The care leadership strategy is simple: be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Talking about personal mastery may open people's minds somewhat, but actions always speak louder than words. There is nothing more powerful you can do to encourage others in their quest for personal mastery than to be serious in your own quest.

Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

There is no such thing as a perfect leader either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inserting scallions into its nose in an effort to look like an elephant.