Leadership Quotes - Page 27

• There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Two, Numbers, Campaigns

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• Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

  Brandon Mull

  Real, Mistake, Smart

  Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2007). “Fablehaven”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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• Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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

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• Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.

  Max De Pree

  Art, Belief, Great Leader

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Forgiveness, World

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• People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.

  Michael J. Fox

  Drinking, Discovery, Water

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  It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Patriotic, Independent, Responsibility

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• Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.

  John C. Maxwell

  Thinking, Decision, Energy

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• When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Karma, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Nov 11, 2011

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• All leadership is appreciative leadership. It's the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead.

  David Cooperrider

  Appreciation, Trying, Groups

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• In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.

  Patrick Dodson

  Strong, People, Climate

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• Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

  Peter Drucker

  Future Leaders, Great Leader, Results

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Motivation, Military

  1790 First Annual Address, 8 Jan.

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• Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

  John C. Maxwell

  Clock Is Ticking, Priorities, Maximizing

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• God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

  Charles Stanley

  Arrogant, Steps, Spirit

  "Dr. Charles Stanley on Destructive 'Landmines' Believers Face". Interview with Lillian Kwon, www.christianpost.com. September 14, 2007.

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• I think good physical conditioning is essential to any occupation. A man who is physically fit performs better at any job. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Jobs, Men

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• Why do we universally admire and respect a Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, or any other leader or legend from history's pantheon? It is because they were guided by integrity-based practices. They stood for something. They didn't break with the values they believed in just because they faced struggle.

  Brendon Burchard

  Mother, Integrity, Struggle

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  A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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• I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?

  Jeff Henderson

  Christian, Looks, Staff

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• You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

  Ken Kesey

  Motivational, Inspiring, People

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• High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

  George Orwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Winning

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Leadership is influence.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Influence

  John C. Maxwell (2014). “How to Influence People Lunch & Learn”, BookBaby

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  Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

  Carl Jung

  Relationship, Spiritual, Business

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

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