Leader Quotes - Page 22

• Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.

  John C. Maxwell

  Impact, Positive Impact, Position

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.52, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Add, Best Place

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• For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Needs

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “Law of Connection: Lesson 10 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, p.9, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A leader with integrity has one self, at home and at work, with family and with colleagues. He or she has a unifying set of values that guide choices of action regardless of the situation.

  James M. Kouzes

  Integrity, Home, Self

  James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (1987). “The leadership challenge: how to get extraordinary things done in organizations”, Jossey-Bass, 1988

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• With the country moving toward inclusion, the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have instead sent a message to young people that only some of them are valued. They've chosen to teach division and intolerance.

  Chad Griffin

  Country, Moving, Boys

  "After review, Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on gays". www.foxnews.com. July 17, 2012.

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• For all its faults, it is partisanship - based on core principles- that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying too far from the mainstream and that constantly refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders.

  Tom DeLay

  Party, Ideas, Faults

  Farewell Address to House of Representatives, delivered 8 June 2006

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• For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with the people by giving them other men's property. To such a man the protection of public office is given, and continually renewed. He emerges as a tyrant over the very people who raised him to power.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Tyrants, People

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• Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  People, Inspire, Have Confidence

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• Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Perfection, Powerful Women, Authenticity

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.100, Knopf

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• We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

  Duane Elgin

  Entrepreneur, Waiting, Social

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• A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Opportunity, Long, People

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• Leadership is a concept we often resist. It seems immodest, even self-aggrandizing, to think of ourselves as leaders. But if it is true that we are part of a community, then leadership is everyone's vocation, and it can be an evasion to insist that it is not. When we live in the close-knit ecosystem called community, everyone follows and everyone leads.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Thinking, Self, Ecosystems

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• Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.

  Maurice Hinchey

  Military, Iraq, Invasion

  "Dem: Bush intentionally lost bin Laden" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. November 30, 2009.

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• Only those leaders who act boldly in times of crisis and change are willingly followed.

  James M. Kouzes

  Times Of Crisis, Crisis

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• Never forget that your role as a leader is to be a steward for future generations.

  Marilyn C. Nelson

  Generations, Roles, Never Forget

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• Truth-telling by a leader can legitimate truth-telling at every level.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Levels, Telling The Truth

  Parker J. Palmer (2009). “A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life”, p.173, John Wiley & Sons

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• Be wary of great leaders.

  Pete Seeger

  Great Leader

  "Pete Seeger dies aged 94" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2014.

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• The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our political and military leaders were telling us. They were straight forward documentary images. A powerful indictment of the war, of how cruel and unjust it was. When I finally decided what to do with my life, it was to follow in that tradition.

  James Nachtwey

  Powerful, Military, War

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• Often times the best military leaders were soldiers.

  Jim Caviezel

  Military, Soldier, Best Military

  "Jim Caviezel Talks WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL, His Passion For Filmmaking and Why He'll Never Direct An Episode Of PERSON OF INTEREST". Interview with Tommy Cook, collider.com. August 21, 2014.

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• Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves.

  Sylvia Poggioli

  Father, Simple, Challenges

  "Pope Francis To Focus On Social Justice Issues During Trip To Africa". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. November 24, 2015.

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• That's what I love about being mayor. Even if the problem is getting the cat out of the tree - from that to the biggest problem, you're in charge. No ambiguity. Leaders lead.

  Shirley Franklin

  Cat, Tree, Problem

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• Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly. The issues are communication and understanding. All of what typically would've been called the 'soft stuff.' You have to be authentic. You have to be dialed into the soft stuff.

  Douglas Conant

  Communication, Math, Issues

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• The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn't checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It's in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.

  John C. Maxwell

  Keys, Goal, Important

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• The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

  John C. Maxwell

  Humble, People, Victory

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• Passion creates energy and magnetically pulls co-workers and customers into a shared vision, and it is exceptionally strong when linked with a leader's values.

  John C. Maxwell

  Strong, Passion, Vision

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