Leadership Quotes - Page 4

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger.

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference. The best test as a leader is: Do those served grow as persons; do they become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become leaders?

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.