Leader Quotes - Page 86

We are at last being recognised as the indigenous people of this country whom must share in its future. This is not a day of national mourning for us. We must leave history behind us and look forward.

An organizer is a leader who does not lead but gets behind the people and pushes.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones who still believed – sort of – but knew that the evangelical world was sh*t, but who couldn't figure out any way to earn as good a living anywhere else.

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

That's one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence.

The cautious seldom err.

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

When I think about who influenced my life the most as a Leader, I think of my Mother. She, more than anyone, taught me how to lead with love.

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.

The greatest resource a worship leader has is his relationship with his wife.

Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation, and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks, and accept responsibility for making change happen.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

I think you can measure how pathetic your life is by how much joy you get from learning about other people's faults and troubles.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven -- while Shea would still have a job leading worship.

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.

The power of the leader is given to him by the people, so he has a duty to engage and listen more attentively and carefully to the aspirations of the people.

Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential.

Being good is good business

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.