Leadership Quotes - Page 20

• Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Pain, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.182, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

  Livy

  Persuasion, Resources, Command

  "The History of Rome".

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• If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

  Benito Mussolini

  Reality, Giving, Vision

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• An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting like a coward or of being boorish. I repeat, I admire the fact that, those persons have, through human respect, more courage than Christians and priests have, through charity or through their good intentions.

  Vincent de Paul

  Christian, Country, Men

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• We are going to have to do something about all this violence, or people are going to keep buying tickets.

  Conn Smythe

  Sports, People, Buying

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• You cannot control sin. Sin will control you. Do not try to manage sin.

  Johnny Hunt

  Christian, Church, Trying

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• The more I simplify my life, the happier I feel.

  Bradford Winters

  Simplify, Feels

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• Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.24, St. Martin's Press

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• It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

  James Thurber

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Boss, Doe

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.210, John Wiley & Sons

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• Grown men do not need leaders.

  Edward Abbey

  Maturity, Men, Needs

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.

  Richard Branson

  Passion, Engagement, Conviction

  Twitter post from Jan 9, 2014

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• You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

  Antony Jay

  Jobs, People, Judging

  Antony Jay (1994). “Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft”, Jossey-Bass

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• A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

  Polybius

  Creative, Victory, Vision

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• He who has great power should use it lightly.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical, Vision, Use

  "Troades". Line 336, 1st century.

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Men, Ideas, Giving

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn”, p.156, Macmillan

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• Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.

  John C. Maxwell

  Real, Persons

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

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• The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspiring, Peace, Helping Others

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• Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

  Arleigh Burke

  Navy, Use, Failing

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• The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their careful observance of all the rules, their precious concern for status symbols, their strict legality, their pious patriotism... the haircut becomes the test of virtue in a world where Satan deceives and rules by appearances.

  Hugh Nibley

  Religious, Jesus, Honesty

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• Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Growing Up, People

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• While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love of power.

  Debashis Chatterjee

  Motivation, Real, Followers

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• Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Teacher, Teaching, Two

  "The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur".

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• The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

  Gail Sheehy

  Inspirational, Military, Lying

  Gail Sheehy (1990). “The man who changed the world: the lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev”, HarperCollins Publishers

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