Leadership Quotes - Page 6

Invest in studies which encourages you to invest in people.

The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes.

That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a grand strategy — has indeed become a familiar metaphor for the Cold War. But it is misleading. Many decisions remembered today for their farsighted, tactical brilliance were denounced in their day as weak-willed. And big, public gestures often made less difference than the small, hidden ones.

You're going to act like a happy man. I know, I know. It's the hardest role in the world.

Don’t reduce your impacts to match what you earn.

Leadership is a longterm game.

Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.

Leaders make impacts. If your riches don’t help you to make impacts, you aren’t leading anyone; rather, money is leading you.

You are either supporting the vision or supporting division

Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.

A leader does not reduce his speeds to meet the views of negative thinkers. He leaves them to do their job as he focuses.

You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.

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 political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge

REAL success, satisfaction and joy has nothing to do with owning STUFF!

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to "the difference personalities make".

We are constantly evolving as we are interacting with the world. Mindfulness and growth mindset drives our evolution faster and on right tracks.

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.

True Leaders possess good core values and will align themselves with like thinking people to grow their leadership and prosper in Integrity~bns

Nothing is over in my life when Christ is above it. Anything higher than me is still below the feet of Christ. I am not born again to be burnt, I am born again to be born again so that I may live in peace and joy that comes only from God.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

All the calculus, quantum mechanics and languages in the world are worthless pieces of information, if they are not brought to the service of the society.

Wisdom is the mother of solutions. You cannot upgrade in wisdom and lack solutions and you cannot have a wisdom and be stranded in any challenge you face.

Freedom flourishes upon the bedrock of ethics and integrity.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

Ordinary leaders move mounds,good leaders move hills,but great leaders move mountains.

The more the level of insecurity is reduced, the more the level of faith will grow.

We must serve each other in love and in humanity.

Invest in people who don´t deserve it yet.

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

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

The point is, education in its truest form, is the foundation of all human endeavors. It is the most noble of all the civilized elements of human consciousness. Education enables the humans to achieve their fullest mental and physical potential in both personal and social life. The ability of being educated is what distinguishes humans from animals. You can teach a cockatoo to repeat a bunch of vocabularies, but you cannot teach it to construct a space shuttle and go to the moon.

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.

Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you want them to hear, and they'll soon turn away.

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

Love is the reflection of a broken heart in a shattered mirror...

It's not about how smart you are--it's about capturing minds.

Strategize yearly, plan quarterly, examine monthly, reflect weekly, act daily, and live #intentionally.

A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.

Take responsibility for the city

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

To guess is no good, but to anticipate is GREAT.

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.

It takes courage with true humility and steadfastness to win confidence and admiration

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!

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

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

No greater place to be than in a leadership position to lead young minds to prosperity

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

Seek to develop your skill and talent to a level of relevance. Create a platform to shine and make sure you are bringing a difference to the areas that require your expertise. A pastor who does not teach or pray for people, a football player always playing pool, a body builder who doesn’t eat but sleeps all day, a student who studies only towards examinations, a politician without a cause and a business without a customer service culture all have one thing in common – sooner or later they will all become irrelevant. Never miss the chance to practice the call of your mission, even if you are not getting paid for it.

Leadership must come from all of us -- the private, public, and civil sectors.

This was the mark of an uncommon soldier, someone whose courage away from the battlefield was the same as that on it.

Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and love.

You can buy a man's time, you can buy a man's physical presence at a certain place, you can even buy a measured number of skilled muscular motions per hour or day. But you cannot buy enthusiasm, you cannot buy initiative, you cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

The Gospel is the good news, not the grouse news. Preaching is not beating, it´s informing in a christlike way.

Leadership is an unlimited resource and as such, is a lifelong pursuit of learning. That learning must be to transform 'leader of position' to 'leadership with moral purpose'.

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.

Your men will not take the hill if you're simply yelling commands from the safety of the rear.

Being married or being in a close relationship is not based on how quickly you can get offended but on how you are ready to drop the offences, get over it and move ahead.