Leadership Quotes - Page 10

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important historical research and writing concerning the black race to the white man, then we must be prepared to accept, uncomplainingly, the white man's point of view.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.

It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know, I grew up, born on a government blanket under a palm tree. I lived under lantana bushes, I've seen more dinner times than I've seen dinners, I've known discrimination, I've known prejudice, I've known all of those things... but some of that is still with us... and it's got to be changed.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.