Leadership Quotes - Page 16

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

To be fully in service to something one has experienced as real is the essence of leadership in a nonhierarchical age. A leader is the holder of a story, someone whose experience of its reality is deep enough so that she can hold the belief on behalf of others.

In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us in this endeavor. We have not yet found a way to expand the spiritual ideals of democracy so that they pertain to every human being, every animal, and every plant. Until we do, human civilization and the Earth's ecosystem will continue to be in peril.

May we graciously accept our responsibility.

Criticizing is easy, performing is difficult.

Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.

It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.

People should not have to sacrifice so much of their personal lives, hopes, dreams and goals just to keep up with corporate pressured morebetterfaster. And tomorrow’s workforce won’t.

If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.

You can't lead people where you haven't been yet.

Your nation needs you. Your world needs you. So, use your education to become endowed with muscles of iron and nerves of steel.

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.

The greatest part of our existence enfold in service of humanity.

Successful leaders know how to line up support for their initiatives and create the right environment for change and innovation.

Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.

And a young prince must be prudent like that,giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line.

Now is the time to reinvent yourself and develop a new plan of action. Now is the time to create new actions and practices that are focused on growth and development in your personal and professional life. Now is the time to unleash your leadership potential and ignite your passion to lead.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

If the most High grant thee to live, thou shall see after the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon thrice in the day:

Leaders lead by serving.

Leadership is simple, if the leaders starts to serve first.

No matter how crazed you get, no matter what pressures you're under, no matter who needs what by yesterday... Always remember: everything you do uses a portion of someone else's life.

Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg of awesomeness. Things will get better. Keep smiling, don't give up just yet. Perseverance has an amazing gift for you, just wait you see.

Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others to have, and with responsibility for being certain the people you lead are treated equitably, and with respect. Not an easy task. You can't make other people feel anything, or think anything; you can only try to teach them what you want them to feel and think and why you think they should act accordingly.

You can’t be a great leader if your heart is not filled with greatness.

God’s discipline has nothing to do with rejection but more to do with refinement.

Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

If the vision is not strong enough to motivate me, I am part of the wrong vision.

What is a community? It is the sum total of our choices.

Building a better world requires re-humanising the whole world .It is the only practical way.

A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structures of church life. In such a situation the task of clergy is not so much to engage in mission themselves, as to support the laity in their mission.

Change in leadership brands must be influenced and proactively effected at a personal level, it can never be forced from outside with sustainable effectiveness. Saddam Hussein, Muammar al Gaddafi and Hosni Mubarak are all political trophies, yet the effects of the military or “civil” initiatives that toppled them, are nothing to be proud of considering what continues to happen in countries like Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria, after the use of force to bring political change.

You don’t miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face.

Don't ask creator to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet.

People need to learn how to take the role of leader out of God's hands.

Leadership. Where the greatest also has a mentor.

Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate, what is there but a man?

Point me in the right direction, and shut the fuck up. I'm the one calling the shots now. Fall in line or fall down a fucking well.

We shall all respect the principle of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act oppression to any portion of the people

It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence.

The essential difference with Builders is that they've found something to do that matters to them and are therefore so passionately engaged, they rise above the personality baggage that would otherwise hold them down. Whatever they are doing has so much meaning to them that the cause itself provides charisma and they plug into it as if it was electrical current.

You don't need a title to be a leader, and having a title doesn't make you one.

Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal

The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.

Lovability — the capacity to earn genuine, heartfelt love and loyalty from customers — is the secret ingredient that propels a select few organizations ahead and leads not only to consistent growth and profitability but sustainable happiness for everyone involved.

If there is any society where the leaders lack the knowledge and the importance of justice, then oppression will be a common neighbor of the citizens.

When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

We are very skilled, but at the same time too lazy.

Release children as part of your delegated leadership influence - this will enable you to leave a legacy worth noting. Realise the risk in delegation and bestowing this trust - if you sacrifice a rib, you expose your heart to possible pain, hurt or pride, fulfilment and joy. When these come – it’s not the end of the world, be brave enough to face the challenge with a positive attitude.

Most people are interested in success, but not COMMITTED to success, which is why 85%+ of people seldom achieve their desired level of success.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

Pride refuses to be taught. Humility refuses not to be.

There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.

A strong confident person can rule the room with knowledge, personal style, attitude and great posture.

If want to become a person with vision, get back and reconnect to your source.

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better

the pen is as wise as the mind that speaks through it