Leadership Quotes - Page 75

The first key to leadership is self-control.

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character of his mind and heart.

God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.

Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves.

The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the resources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, President George Washington was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding; his example was edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example everlasting.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple... Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with... My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king.

Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

The essence of leadership is making up your own mind and then being able to take other people with you.

I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.