Leaders Quotes - Page 2

A person with low standards will forever be walking. A person with high standard will soon stop walking and start running. Later, they’ll soon stop running and start galloping. The next time you see him, he’s either flying or soaring.

The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs.The duty of government is to help them do it.This is the pasta of politics.The inspired leader, the true prince, no matter how great, can only be sauce upon the pasta.--Bombolini

Do all the work you can in your youthful days while you have the greatest strength.

We must serve each other in love and in humanity.

Leaders don't pray to God for money. They simply ask for His grace to solve problems. By solving problems, the money comes.

Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.

A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.

Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader.

The leader who listens is the one society needs most. They don’t force their commands on people. They pay attention to their demands and set the pace for the change that society truly needs.

I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.

Love opens the most impossible gates in the world. Feel, therefore, my would-be patriots. Do you feel? Do you feel that millions of your sisters and brothers are starving today and have been in such condition for ages? Do you feel my dear soldiers? Do you feel that the light of truth has become much scarier to the society than the darkness of ignorance? Does this not make you restless? Does this not make you sleepless? Has it not gone into your blood yet, coursing through your veins, becoming resonant with your heart-beat? Are you not yet seized with the one idea of lifting the misery from the society? Have you not been yet immersed in this idea, so much so that, you have forgotten your name, your fame, your property and even your very physical existence as a flesh and blood being? Have you done that yet? That is the very first step of the real education my friend. Your world needs heroes. Be Heroes!

The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.

To get leaders to become stakeholders in ministry and to understand the DNA of your church, you must invest in them, equip them, and raise the bar of accountability.

The desire to swim in deeper waters is what gives a greater experience. Nothing new comes out of being ordinary. Leaders take risks.

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

Follow me if I advance kill me if I retreat revenge me if I die!

Remember, one step leads to the other and therefore never neglect the first step. It will give you the confidence you need to sail through with victory

Leadership crisis erupt when people who have not learnt how to obey instructions are given the privilege to give commands. Leaders are experienced servants.

The greatest men stand on their values and pray on their knees.

We praise our leaders when they act against our adversaries. But when our own interest is threatened, we begin to dislike the same leaders, irrespective of the sincerity of their intentions. An effective leader is bound to create enemies.

A saint or monk can afford to be compassionate to all, but a leader or boss cannot always be kind. He may soon be without a job himself if he is unduly compassionate, and chances are, no one would show him any compassion then.

There are no self made heroes or leaders. No matter how rugged or self assured, everyone requires a cast of players - friends, mentors, lovers, critics, villains and supporters - who call, invite, seduce, goad and encourage them to finally step into their true power. We are all heroes and leaders in some way, and we all need each other.

True leaders are ready to sweat when making rehearsal, than to cry tears when actually practicing. To save the tears, be ready to sweat!

Divide and rule, the politician cries;Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Leaders with high esteem are high performers.

It’s unfair to see managers buying brand new cars for themselves when the salaries of their workers still remain unpaid! Good leaders are not selfish thinkers!

Hiding the truth is as evil as feedingthe lie grow tough muscles.

I never understood what it meant to be a Democrat or Republican. I'm fully American and agree on some issues presented by both - but not all of them. So why do I have to pick a side? Nobody can say they agree with every single issue proposed by any team unless they lack the ability to think for themselves. To me, both parties are the same. A method to distract and divide a nation from using common sense and logic. I would want a leader to represent every fraction of the country as one united SUM. To make the country stronger, not weaker. One thing I know for certain, is to never choose a leader who needs their speeches written for them. If they cannot communicate to the public directly with their own heart, then they are not a true leader.

We cannot keep on blaming the past leaders about the present circumstances. We need to be mindful that if we do nothing to improve the present circumstances, our children will also blame us in the future.

Fear punches holes in your eyes so that you don't see the future clearly. Faith enlarges your vision to behold your destiny.

You are your own leader. Where are you driving yourself to now? You can't afford to go wayward! Rise up and break new territories and live life so well.

When liberators hide their liberty tools, injustice prevails. True leaders intervene by dealing with injustice before it passes puberty.

I have learnt from the politics of my great country, Nigeria that there is nothing wrong with the heads of states, but there is something wrong with the state of the heads.

Leaders find a need and quickly respond to the need.

A leader’s cross is the temporal pain they go through and his crown is the permanent gain when at last victory is achieved.

Almost everything a leader fails to achieve is anything he fails to try. What is not attempted is what is difficult to do.

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

Most times, the way isn’t clear, but you want to start anyway. It is in starting with the first step that other steps become clearer.

As good surgical doctor works on a patient in the theater with varied kinds of surgical instruments, so a true leader also needs a clean bag of leadership characters that vary from task to task. One-way leaders are obvious failures!

You are a true leader if you help others to grow as leaders.

Love people who hate you and their hatred won’t get grounds to gain roots.

Leaders in all realms and activities of life knew that the power they had come to hold existed because they were responsible to serve the many, thus power was position of service.

Every great leader once fell down from a tall ladder. You don't become a star until you get the scar. Take that risk now.

Every leader is different. Every bench is different. Every business is different. So while the complexities change, the work of coaching stays the same keep your clients at the center of the work, push them to use their strengths more and to temper their weaknesses, and illuminate blind spots because these are what really get in the way.

Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.

Preparation is the key to leadership success. The more prepared you are the less your struggle to make it happen and the more your effectiveness!

Arise O lion-heart! Awake, O great soldier! Misery has come upon the world. It is wailing for help. It is wailing for redemption. Won’t you do anything, my friend!

Focus on how far you have come in liferather than looking at the accomplishments of others.

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

You can’t give what you don’t have. To lead people in a better way, mingle with them in body. But in knowledge, be far ahead of them!

Simple is clever. Complicated just means you haven’t been clever enough to reduce ‘it’ to its essence.

May God give you the grace to do many good deeds.

Leaders walk their talks. They don’t give theories that do not work. They have clarity into their dreams and insight into their directions!

With a decision and a defined purpose, you can begin work.

Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control.

Walk, act and speak in confident.

You can’t afford to limit your joy. It has been proven several times that angry people are never happy people.

If you have problems with your earthly authorities it may be probably because you have not been praying enough for your leaders

It’s is good you are about something. But wait and ask, “why and how?”. Without “whys and hows”, not every energetic movement can be called progress.

You are not a victim. You are a willing participant that has created your own anxiety through your negative mind, insecurities and actions. If you want to secure your future then the only way is through love, forgiveness and the willingness to admit you have participated in the uncomfortableness you are experiencing now. Stop telling yourself you are justified in hate, indifference, silence or bias. You are not. You can't build a positive life through battling others. The world is full of victims. No one wants to hear that story. People want to know how you did what the majority wouldn't do-you forgave and built up your enemies. It is seems totally rare and unheard of these days to swallow your pain and take the high road, but guess what? Those are the leaders that people admire and want to know. Those are the 1% who change the world and people's lives. So why do you want to be like the world when you can be beyond it?