Leader Quotes - Page 3

• Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Leadership, Order, Giving

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• Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs
  of those who would be affected by it

  Marian Anderson

  Leadership, Education, Understanding

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• Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

  Peter Drucker

  Leadership, Future Leaders, Great Leader

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• Leaders are those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Empowering

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• You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Blow, Common Vision

  Interview with Philip Scarpino, tobiascenter.iu.edu. January 6, 2009.

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.

  Erin McCarthy

  Success, Leadership, Sunset

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• Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Climbing Up, Top Management

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.120, Mango Media Inc.

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• The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

  Harvey S. Firestone

  Leadership, Helping Others, People

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• The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO!

  Harry Gordon Selfridge

  Leadership, Letting Go, People

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• There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Moving, People

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  A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Inspirational, Leadership, Confidence

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• The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

  Harry Gordon Selfridge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Boss

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• For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls.

  Dan B. Allender

  Fall, Humility, Foolish

  Dan B. Allender (2011). “Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness”, p.70, WaterBrook

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• The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Team, Goal

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• The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

  Harry Gordon Selfridge

  Leadership, Boss, Entrepreneur

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• The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.

  John C. Maxwell

  Boss, Inspire, Enthusiasm

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

  Ella Baker

  Strong, News Stories, Play

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• A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you have to be a great motivator, you have to be very good at praising and looking for the best in people. People are no different from flowers. If you water flowers, they flourish. If you praise people, they flourish. That's a critical attribute of a leader.

  Richard Branson

  Flower, People, Water

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• Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Men

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• A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Never Forget

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

  Max Lucado

  Motivational, Strength, Leadership

  Max Lucado (2010). “Chronicles of the Cross Collection”, p.205, Harper Collins

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• Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Jobs, Thinking

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• Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Communication, Simple

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