Leadership Quotes - Page 39

The true leader makes each team member twice the person they were before.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone.

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our peoples. To expect a people to be able to enjoy their culture without their cultural heritage and their sacred belongings is equivalent to amputating their legs and digging up the ground and asking them to run a marathon.

I'll tell you...why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn't about brawn...it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy. And I think that, [now], they...put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman...they're not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength.

Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors of Aborigines and by government officials and if you become part of that system, it's always difficult to break out of it.

Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.

We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality

Some leaders are born women.