Charismatic Quotes

• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Managing People Is Like Herding Cats". Book by Warren G. Bennis, January 1997.

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• Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects.

  Marianne Williamson

  People, Energy, Sparkle

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

  Tom Ford

  Strong, People, Today

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• I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Fall, Boys, Rocks

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• Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him.

  Dean Koontz

  Literature, Majority, Dean

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Seize the Night: A Novel”, p.85, Bantam

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• Manhattan, though, was an entirely different ballgame in a whole different kind of world, with a man who was brilliant and at the same time terribly charismatic.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Men, Different, Manhattan

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• The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

  Mary Frances Berry

  Joy, Leader, Support

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• Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic-or, as our dictionaries tell us, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance or belief. While the charismatic has an uncanny outside source of strength, the authentic is strong because he is what he seems to be.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Strong, Successful, Men

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• Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.

  Victoria Justice

  Sweet, Fun, Guy

  "Exclusive Victoria Justice Interview". www.seventeen.com. March 9, 2011.

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• The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

  Malcolm McDowell

  Clever, People, Dangerous

  Source: www.gq.com

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• All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God

  Brennan Manning

  Gracious, Adulation, Sheer

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.17, Multnomah

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• I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic leader usually becomes a leader because he has found a spot in the public limelight.

  Ella Baker

  Leader, Slavery, Culture

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• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Future Leaders, Born Leaders

  Warren Bennis, Steven B. Sample, Rob Asghar (2015). “The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• To determine whether or not you have the ingredients to be charismatic, answer the following questions: What are your real feelings about who you are? What do you believe in? Do you have goals or a mission in life? Do you project optimism? Do others turn to you for leadership? Noncharismatic people spend their lives auditioning for others and hoping they'll be accepted. Charismatic people don't doubt their ability to add value to a situation, so they move forward with their mission.

  Roger Ailes

  Real, Moving Forward, Believe

  Roger Ailes (2012). “You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are”, p.106, Crown Business

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• Truly charismatic people, in my experience, dont come along very often.

  Francesca Annis

  People

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• I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was from Indiana and Googled him. I learned that the FBI had recently released all the documents that agents collected from Jonestown after the massacre - over 50,000 pieces of paper and almost 1,000 audio tapes. I started reading the files and couldn't tear myself away; I find "true" stories inherently more powerful than fiction.

  Julia Scheeres

  Powerful, Reading, Tears

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.

  Neil Tennant

  Character, Play, Together

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• I'm your full blown charismatic evangelical freak daddy.

  Stephen Baldwin

  Daddy, Freak, Evangelical

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• I think that natural beauty is very charismatic... I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too much.

  Elle Macpherson

  Believe, Love You, Thinking

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• That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Opposites, Future Leaders

  Warren Bennis, Steven B. Sample, Rob Asghar (2015). “The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you're reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let's keep on.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Reading, Men, Order

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• The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.

  Freddie Mercury

  Music, Successful, Reason

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• Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality. There is gracious accommodation, yet commanding impersonality. Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self love.

  Camille Paglia

  Men, Glowing, Hot And Cold

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• I don't think I have charisma. I don't think that someone will yell 'Wow, he's charismatic' when I'm eating in a restaurant.

  Jay Park

  Thinking, Wow, Eating

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• I've been obsessed with Michael B. Jordan since The Wire. He's so charismatic and talented. It'd be even better—we'd have interracial bisexuality!

  Andrew Garfield

  Wire, Jordan, Obsessed

  "Spider-man's Andrew Garfield Wants Mary Jane To Be Male" By Max Nicholson, www.ign.com. July 10, 2013.

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