Leadership Quotes - Page 11

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences

I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Time is money.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate insanely when he wins, nor sulk when he loses. He accepts victory professionally, humbly; he hates defeat, but makes no poor display of it.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.