Leadership Quotes - Page 7

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Leaders are those who empower others.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.

Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

Good leaders must first become good servants.