Leader Quotes - Page 75

Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.

To fulfill you potential, you need to move out of your comfort zone and into the legacy zone.

True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

Everyone wins when a leader gets better

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous

I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.

The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves. Being successful is about doing your best.

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

There is no algorithm for creativity.

Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

The Big Lie is a major untruth uttered frequently by leaders as a means of duping and controlling the constituency.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

Once upon a time, the most successful Democratic leader of them all, FDR, looked south and said I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill clad, ill nourished. Today our national Democratic leaders look south and say, I see one third of a nation and it can go to hell.

Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour of misgivings is passed. It is often not possible to go backward from a course which has been adopted in war. A man must answer "Aye" or "No" to the great questions which are put, and by that decision he must be bound.

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life