Leader Quotes - Page 24

• Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams.

  Andy Stanley

  Team, Secret, Guilt

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• The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.

  Henry Ford

  Successful, Greatness, Thinking

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• After nearly 6,000 years of evidence on the subject, one thing stands clear: the people who end up as leaders in any organization, large or small, are often the craziest guys around.

  Stanley Bing

  Years, Organization, People

  Stanley Bing (2009). “Crazy Bosses: Fully Revised and Updated”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• The strongest leaders do not command, they empower

  Ralph Marston

  Empowering, Command, Strongest

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• An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.

  Tom Peters

  Ideas, Challenges, Paradox

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• I think that the United States should be the leader, not only militarily. We need to stand for freedom; we need to stand for justice in the world, because there aren't too many countries that do.

  James K. Glassman

  Country, Thinking, Justice

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• You'd know if I was the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party, because you'd go down to Walgreen's and buy a pack of blunts.

  Bill Maher

  Party, Democratic, Packs

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• You are the leader you've been waiting for.

  Gloria Steinem

  Waiting

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• To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

  Meg Whitman

  Attitude, Quality, Groups

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• You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders.

  Jack Welch

  People, Would Be, Elements

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• Flowers flourish when they're watered, and shrivel up when they're not. People are no different. The best leaders are the ones who look for the best in people.

  Richard Branson

  Flower, People, Different

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• Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential.

  Arnold Mindell

  Wise, Groups, Realizing

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• I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.

  Willie Mays

  Thinking, People, Guy

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• A Homeland, A State, A Leader.

  Francisco Franco

  States, Homeland

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• By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

  Bill Walsh

  Running, Two, Challenges

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• ...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.

  Moliere

  Dance, Skills, Dancing

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• Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders . . . . and millions have been killed because of this obedience . . . .

  Howard Zinn

  People, World, Problem

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• Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

  Michael Irvin

  Selfish, Play, Lines

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• In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Children, Parent, Church

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• Our Heavenly Father is the Father of our spirits, and Jesus Christ is the Creator of this world. They know and understand us and the world around us better than anyone else. Looking to a higher source for knowledge and power can help us far more than relying on the wisdom of the world. We need to have the Spirit and look to the prophets and our priesthood leaders. We also need to look to the scriptures, which contain God's words to holy men.

  Allan F. Packer

  Jesus, Father, Men

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• We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Church, Scripture, Principles

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• The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

  Bernard Law Montgomery

  Firsts, Doe, Duty

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• If you're a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.

  Bill Hybels

  Serious, Ifs

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• No leader or organization can achieve breakout growth until it treats, "we've always done it this way" as an opportunity to think anew rather than as a reason to stop thinking. Keep in mind, tradition should be a guide, not a jailer.

  Michael Josephson

  Opportunity, Thinking, Organization

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• Leadership is not a matter of authority, it is a matter of influence. A true leader teaches others to understand more, motivates them to be more and inspires them to become more.

  Michael Josephson

  Inspire, Matter, Influence

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