Leadership Quotes - Page 19

• I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion alone of the moment that counts.

  Harry S. Truman

  Jesus, Taken, Israel

  "Harry S. Truman in his own words: by William Hillman; pictures by Alfred Wagg".

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• If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

  William James

  Self Esteem, Quality, Want

  "Do You Have Executive Presence?" by Paul Hellman, www.cnbc.com. April 1, 2010.

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• Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

  Bear Bryant

  Basketball, Mistake, Wrestling

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• Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

  George Washington Carver

  Inspirational, Hope, African American

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• The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.

  George Roche III

  Ideas, Shapes, Belief

  "A World Without Heroes: The Modern Tragedy". Book by George Roche III, 1987.

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• A bold onset is half the battle.

  Giuseppe Garibaldi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Battle

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• The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.

  Barack Obama

  Motivational, Success, Real

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• Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Inspiration, Humor

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Change, Choices, Feelings

  Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears (1998). “The Power of Servant-leadership: Essays”, p.123, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Walls turned sideways are bridges.

  Angela Davis

  Wall, Bridges, Sideways

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• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Bullying, Giving Up

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1933 See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Thoreau 16; Wellington 3

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• And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.

  Elizabeth I

  Sports, Kings, Heart

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• What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

  Stephen Covey

  Impact, Best Leader, Greater

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• Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Honesty, Exercise, Power

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.185

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• Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination; the fourth, prudence; and the fifth, economy.

  Wu Ta-ch'i

  Determination, Pay, Matter

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• Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.

  Bertrand Russell

  Girl, Teacher, Teaching

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Why Men Fight”, p.106, Routledge

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• It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.

  Hugh Mackay

  Strong, Australia, Community

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• Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Life Lesson, Helping Others, Service To Others

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.270, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Future leaders will be less concerned with saying what they will deliver and more concerned with delivering what they have said they would.

  Dave Ulrich

  Future, Leaders Of Tomorrow, Said

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2017

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• It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Destiny, Decision

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.

  Fernand Braudel

  World, May, March

  Fernand Braudel (1982). “Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The perspective of the world”, p.132, Univ of California Press

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• Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup -and our destiny.

  Myles Munroe

  Destiny, Makeup, Fundamentals

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• The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

  Knute Rockne

  Football, College, Dumb

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