Leadership Quotes - Page 104

..leaders should be looked upon as being 'in front', 'sharing' rather than 'showing' the way... it is the followers who save leaders and therefore make them.

When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what is pure and true within humanity: a statement of belief backed by ideas for change betterment, a call to those immutable values wherein lie the potential greatness of people individually and collectively? Such exhortation, such leadership is lamentably scarce.

Surround our children with a message of honor

The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine.

Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them.

I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see.

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.

Leaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it.

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.

First and foremost I am a teacher, I care. Caring is helping the players to develop

First we become the best, then we'll become first.

It was a great game if you don't care who won. I cared.

You can't be that good; you work for me.

Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership should be reflected in our national symbols and one appropriate way to do that is by finally making the changes needed to make Australia a republic... A country's history does not change because it takes a step forward, but its possibilities for the future do.

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.

We can walk together to change the status quo.

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.