Leader Quotes - Page 20

• I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony [Abbot] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition leader. He come in - he wasn't really good at the beginning when he was opposition leader. He won the confidence of the Australian people and got the job as Prime Minister. He grew in Indigenous affairs. To me, we just totally disagreed in it, but now we're very much one on one on it.

  Warren Mundine

  Jobs, People, Affair

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• There are a variety of reasons. Not all Western leaders are equal. We have to make a certain separation from naïve Americans and Europeans. These are two different categories. For the Europeans, it affects the image of the "New Europe." The false image of Europe is that it is peaceful, separate from the past. Now the image of the New Europe is a radically false image.

  Manfred Gerstenfeld

  Past, Europe, Two

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• There's over 100 species of lemurs. Each is a little bit different in their social structure except for one thing: they are all female dominant. The females are the leaders. They are the ones that call the shots. When you watch a group, you can see the females are the first one to say “We’re going to move.” Then she moves off and everybody just follows.

  Patricia Wright

  Moving, Littles, Firsts

  "Interview: “Island Of Lemurs” Filmmakers". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. April 5, 2014.

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• Being involved in NASCAR, I've learned a lot. I've met a lot of people. I've met a lot of special people. I've met some of our leaders. I've met some of the smartest people out there. I've met a lot of average folks. But they've all touched my life and made me look at things differently. I thank the Lord for my good days.

  Joe Nemechek

  Good Day, Average, Special People

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• We didn't put a single boot on the ground, and [Muammar] Gaddafi was deposed. The Libyans turned out for one of the most successful, fairest elections that any Arab country has had. They elected moderate leaders.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Successful, Boots

  Source: time.com

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• Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Heaven, Eras, Dominance

  "Aviation, Geography, and Race". Reader's Digest, pp. 64-67, November 1939.

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• The majority cannot reason; it has no judgement. It has always placed its destiny in the hands of others; it has followed its leaders even into destruction. The mass has always opposed, condemned, and hounded the innovator, the pioneer of a new truth.

  Emma Goldman

  Destiny, Hands, Judgement

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• The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Lying, Hands, Doe

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power; or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good.

  James Madison

  Party, Passion, Practice

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.44

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• The best leaders are apt to be found among those executives who have a strong component of unorthodoxy in their character. Instead of resisting innovation, they symbolize it.

  David Ogilvy

  Strong, Character, Innovation

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• Leaders must not be naive. I used to say, "Liars shouldn't lie." What a sad waste of words that is! I found out liars are supposed to lie. That's why we call them liars - they lie! What else would you expect them to do?

  Jim Rohn

  Liars, Lying, Waste

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 12, 2016

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• Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.

  Gary Burton

  Writing, Play, Texas

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• I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Looks, Way, Genocide

  "Excerpts: Mandela's Live 8 speech". news.bbc.co.uk. July 3, 2005.

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• We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.

  Nelson Mandela

  War, Political, Pandemics

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• I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Thinking, Government, Long

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• You must ask, "What do we mean by great results?" Your goals don't have to be quantifiable, but they do have to be describable. Some leaders try to insist, "The only acceptable goals are measurable," but that's actually an undisciplined statement. Lots of goals-beauty, quality, life change, love-are worthy but not quantifiable. But you do have to be able to tell if you're making progress.

  James C. Collins

  Life Changing, Mean, Goal

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• I always tell D-West, 'We're the leaders on the team, and if we go down, we've got to go down shooting.'

  Chris Paul

  Team, Shooting, West

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• I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.

  Tony Parker

  Nba, Want, Firsts

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• Being a leader is one thing I've never felt comfortable with. It's not my nature.

  Dwyane Wade

  Felt, One Thing, Comfortable

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• I couldn't care less about the leader board. A lot of guys have led the league in something in April and couldn't be found at the end of the season.

  Brian Roberts

  League, Guy, Boards

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• Hines Ward, Plaxico Burress, Jerome Bettis-they are great leaders. I listen to everything they say.

  Ben Roethlisberger

  Great Leader

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• I've been a leader practically my whole life. I don't know what it is to follow.

  Eli Manning

  Whole Life, Whole, Knows

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• I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.

  Chamique Holdsclaw

  Trying, Example, Quiet

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• Wherever there is an ignorant mass, you will see a flag of an ignorant leader fluctuating with glory!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Ignorant Masses, Flags, Glory

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• The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

  Chris Bosh

  People, Teammate, Stereotype

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