Leader Quotes - Page 38

• Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

  Jeb Bush

  Climate, Poisonous, Divides

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• I reckon that for all the use it has been to science about four-fifths of my time has been wasted, and I believe this to be the common lot of people who are not merely playing follow-my-leader in research.

  Peter Medawar

  Believe, People, Use

  Peter Brian Medawar (1969). “Induction and intuition in scientific thought”

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• A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him towards another.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Believe, Heart, Men

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• No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.

  Napoleon Hill

  Belief, Initiative, Efficient

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.192, Penguin

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• What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number.

  Jed Babbin

  Years, Numbers, Followers

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• In the year 415, the woman scientist Hypatia, head of the legendary Alexandria library, was beaten to death by Christian monks who considered her a pagan. The leader of the monks, Cyril, was canonized a saint.

  James A. Haught

  Christian, Years, Library

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• I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.

  Carl Sagan

  Independence, Promise, Use

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.546, Ballantine Books

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• As a leader you provide for people only what they can't provide for themselves.

  Ken Blanchard

  People

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• Quality of character doesn't make a leader, but the lack of it flaws the entire process.

  Peter Drucker

  Character, Quality, Flaws

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• The religious leader is the most untrustworthy of leaders; in no other station do we have so many opportunities for pride, covetousness and lust, and with so many excellent disguises to keep such ignobility from being found out and called to account.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Religious, Pride, Opportunity

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• Leaders select noble objectives and pursue them with such intensity that others join them. ... The greatest of all leaders from this perspective was Jesus Christ. ....May your choices be so powerful and magnetic that you'll draw people toward life (Duet. 30:19, ...therefore choose life.-) rather than death, blessing rather than cursing.

  John Ashcroft

  Jesus, Powerful, Blessing

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• Superior quality is a prerequisite to entering the game. By definition, an entrepreneur is undercapitalized relative to the status quo. Therefore, if you enter a product that is either at parity with the leaders, or not as good, you won't even get to the starting line.

  Gary Hirshberg

  Games, Entrepreneur, Quality

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• Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'

  Bill Maher

  Country, New York, Flirty

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• We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

  Hawa Abdi

  Community, Trying, Somalia

  "Hawa Abdi" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• However, however, if the goal is to abandon America's free enterprise economy, if the goal is to convert America into a submissive member of the international community, if the goal is not to fix America, but to change America, then they want leaders that are going to come up here and fight it every step of the way.

  Marco Rubio

  Fighting, America, Goal

  Marco Rubio's keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, voices.washingtonpost.com. February 18, 2010.

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• There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.

  John McCain

  Country, New York, People

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• The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.

  James C. Collins

  Humility, Great Leader, Factors

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• Be your own leader, be your own self, step out of my shadows and be your own person.

  Snoop Dogg

  Self, Shadow, Steps

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• Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

  Lisa Murkowski

  Country, Alaska, Important

  "Murkowski for Mitt" by Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. December 2, 2011.

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• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been awarded the highest rank in the country's military. The decision was praised by everyone from Parliamentary leader Kim Jong Un to opposition leader Kim Jong Un.

  Conan O'Brien

  Country, Military, Decision

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• The boss drives people; The leader coaches them.

  Harry Gordon Selfridge

  People, Boss, Coaches

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• Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.

  Dave Foley

  Atheist, Confused, Mind

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• A few primary keys to becoming a leader in business include having a clear intent or purpose, a truly inspiring vision, a grand message to share, a genuine social calling and a targeted niche to serve.

  John Frederick Demartini

  Keys, Vision, Purpose

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• The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Mindset, Framework, Capacity

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• There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  War, Government, Aristocracy

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.166, Cornell University Press

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