Leadership Traits Quotes

Here’s what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will dependably happen from the top down is the digging of your grave.

Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why.

Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to give it.

One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.

True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title.

When your intuition is strong, follow it.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.

Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.

Becoming a great leader doesn’t mean being perfect. it means living with your imperfections.

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.

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'.

It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities.

Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.

The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.

The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.

People don’t follow you because you are nice, they follow you because they believe the place you are taking them is better than the place they are.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

If you're not reaching back to help anyone then you're not building a legacy.

Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives—our lives and the lives of the people we touch.

To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life.

Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.

Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?

Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.

To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions.