Leader Quotes - Page 8

True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason

Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

This is the problem we have with many Muslim leaders: They claim to differentiate between domestic and foreign issues and they are obsessed with being accepted, at sitting at the table of power in order to talk (or rather to listen) and to be tolerated. This is the starting point of our weakness. It is in our minds because we do not realize we are part of the system.

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Leaders are those who empower others.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

I do honestly and sincerely believe in the necessity or desirability of Hindu-Muslim unity. I am also fully prepared to trust the Muslim leaders. But what about the injunctions of the Koran and Hadis? The leaders cannot over-ride them. Are we then doomed? I hope not. I hope your learned mind and wise head will find some way out of this difficulty.