Leadership Quotes - Page 57

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

We are at last being recognised as the indigenous people of this country whom must share in its future. This is not a day of national mourning for us. We must leave history behind us and look forward.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

The cautious seldom err.

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation, and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks, and accept responsibility for making change happen.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

I think you can measure how pathetic your life is by how much joy you get from learning about other people's faults and troubles.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send.

Being good is good business

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

You plant the gospel. You don't plant churches.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.

I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.