Leader Quotes - Page 76

Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.

Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.

A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'

If your business is to grow and prosper, as a leader, you need to focus on people development.

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees

If you want real, significant, sustainable change, you need talented, committed local line leaders. If the line manager is not innovating, then innovation is not going to occur.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

Inside any important philanthropy meeting, you witness heads of state meeting with investment managers and corporate leaders. All are searching for answers with their right hand to problems that others in the room have created with their left.

What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.

Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who's out in front of nobody? Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.

Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

True Leaders do not manipulate others they INSPIRE them.

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.