Leadership By Famous Leaders Quotes - Page 6

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Helen Keller

Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Rosalynn Carter

Motivational, Leadership, People

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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Ray Kroc

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

John C. Maxwell

Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

"Leadership 101: 3 Key Lessons on Advancing Racial Equity" by Dr. Artika R. Tyner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2015.

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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Thomas Jefferson (2013). “The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible”, p.139, BookBaby

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Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.

Jesse Jackson

Leadership, Challenges, Vision

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Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

George E. M. Kelly

Leadership, Business, Differences

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Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Jim Rohn

Leadership, Motivational Sports, Average

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 26, 2016

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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

Inspirational, Change, Leadership

"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey, (p. 101), 1989.

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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Warren G. Bennis

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

"Executive's Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions". Book by Dianna Daniels Booher, 1991.

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Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

Stephen Covey

Leadership, Business, Vision

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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Aristotle

Inspirational, Leadership, Insperational

Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.86, Aristotle

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

John C. Maxwell

Inspirational, Success, Leadership

John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.89, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

Herbert Bayard Swope

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Differences, People

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

John C. Maxwell

Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 16, 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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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

Leadership, Witty, Men

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