Good Leader Quotes - Page 2

• Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure.

  Arleigh Burke

  Inspiring, Leadership, Determination

  "Naval Leadership : Voices of Experience". Book by Karel Montor (p. 18), 1998.

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• High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

  George Orwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

  Witter Bynner

  Leadership, People, Boss

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• A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

  Laozi

  Leadership, People, Good Man

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• Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

  Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Managing People is Like Herding Cats”, Executive Excellence Pub

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• A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

  Aristotle

  Leadership, Dancing, Followers

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• People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Differences, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Insperational, Helping Others

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 23, 2015

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• The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

  Walter Lippmann

  Leadership, Business, Common Sense

  Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.500, Harvard University Press

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• Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Decisions You Make, Leader

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• A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

  Jack Welch

  Leader, Destination, Remains

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• A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

  John C. Maxwell

  Encouragement, Leader, Needs

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Leadership, Opportunity

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• Good leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Leader, Trying, Curious

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• Good leaders must become what they want their followers to become.

  Nido R Qubein

  Leader, Followers, Want

  Nido R. Qubein (1996). “Achieving Peak Performance: A Step by Step System to Grow a Well Trained, Educated, and Motivated Team for the 21st Century”, Bestsellers Publishing

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• Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Leader, Action

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• You can't be a good leader without good character.

  Tony Boselli

  Basketball, Character, Leader

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• Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

  Michael Porter

  Inspirational, Leader, Needs

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• A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Heart, Leader, Influence

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• A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.

  Simon Sinek

  Leadership, Care, Leader

  Twitter post from Feb 25, 2014

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• A good leader will seek the wisdom of others. After all, no man is an island!

  Jim George

  Men, Islands, Leader

  Jim George (2012). “A Leader After God's Own Heart: 15 Ways to Lead with Strength”, p.27, Harvest House Publishers

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• Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.

  Richard Branson

  Leader, Listening, Good Listener

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Jun 19, 2012

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• We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.

  Charlie Munger

  Leader, Want, Very Good

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• A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

  Robert Townsend

  Inspirational, Heart, Leader

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