Leader Quotes - Page 87

If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.

You plant the gospel. You don't plant churches.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.

We brought the religious leaders and the secular development workers together in one room. We asked the religious leaders what are your reservations about development workers? And we asked the development workers, what are your reservations about religious leaders? It turns out that most of the problems are not really problems at all, but rather misunderstandings, misconceptions, and mis-communications.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around on your rear end. This comes from hard, hard work.

Half-heartedness never won a battle.

The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat-that is the final proof of power

The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.

It takes more than a busy church, a friendly church, or even an evangelical church to impact a community for Christ. It must be a church ablaze, led by leaders who are ablaze for God.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

A leader knows who is outside of the system and needs special help.

He that would run his company on visible figures alone will in time have neither company nor figures.

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.

Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

If the challenge is far beyond their skill level, they tend to get frustrated; if it's far below their skill level, they tend to get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance.

Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.

It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things humans have done. And then try to bring those things in to what you're doing.

Companies must have a noble cause, and it's the leaders job to transform that noble cause into such an inspiring vision, that it will attract the most talented people in the world to want to join it.