Leadership Quotes - Page 35

• If you think you can't, you're right.

  Carol Bartz

  Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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• I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.

  Stephen Colbert

  Work, Shoes, Envy

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• It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strong, Home, Responsibility

  Remarks on the Occasion of 83rd Birthday Gala, delivered 3 February 1994

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• The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Proximity, True Leader, Lifts

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• Irrelevance happens when the speed of change outside an organization is greater than speed of change inside an organization.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Organization, Irrelevance

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• A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.

  Robert Ley

  People, Connections, Ability

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• Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.

  David Cottrell

  Monday Morning, Pay, Standards

  David Cottrell (2002). “Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss”, p.100, CornerStone Leadership Inst

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• Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.

  Brian Tracy

  Keys, People, Wells

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• He that would run his company on visible figures alone will in time have neither company nor figures.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Running, Figures, Company

  W. Edwards Deming, Joyce (edited by) Orsini, Diana (edited by) Deming Cahill (2012). “The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

  Benjamin Zander

  Jobs, Vision, Hospitality

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• We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending Improvement.

  Tony Robbins

  Limits, Improvement, Process

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• I'm not so sure liberal democracy as we know it has reached its terminus. It's clear though, that many have genuinely lost confidence in the Australian political class. One reason is that we like to place enormous burdens of expectations on modern political leaders. To be sure such expectations aren't always honest. Just as we want better public services but object to paying the higher taxes that would make them possible, we often want leadership but only if there aren't hard choices with real consequences.

  Tim Soutphommasane

  Real, Class, Expectations

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• "Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.

  Patricia Aburdene

  Self, Games, Long

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• Our greatest individual challenge in life is self-discipline. The self-discipline of a healthy diet, daily exercise, controlling our thoughts, selflessly serving others, and living a life of integrity.

  Bradford Winters

  Integrity, Exercise, Self

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• The man who is worthy of being a leader of men will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat-that is the final proof of power

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Inspiration, Men, Games

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• They were unwillingly to give 100 percent if they didn't personally think it was important. What you don't understand is the champions know it's all important.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Thinking, Nfl

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• I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Jobs, Nfl

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• If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Nfl, Accomplish

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.238, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel.

  Janet Holmes a Court

  Business, Cogs, Fundamentals

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• Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors of Aborigines and by government officials and if you become part of that system, it's always difficult to break out of it.

  Lowitja O'Donoghue

  Responsibility, Government, People

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• Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

  Tony Robbins

  Mean, Commitment, Cutting

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2015

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• He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

  Mencius

  Men, Self, Small Man

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• There are many in public life who deserve only our praise and admiration. But there are too many who are products of a class that knows little other than spin and the machinations of politics. Little wonder that leadership of the transforming sort is so hard to come by. The danger is that this may be permanent. Where our best people shun politics because the profession isn't honoured as it once was, this only serves to make the profession even less honoured.

  Tim Soutphommasane

  Class, People, May

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• Originality is so hip and cool, but to be original you must dare to be corny.

  Bradford Winters

  Hips, Originality, Corny

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• Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.

  Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

  Struggle, Men, Things In Life

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