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• The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.

  Eugene Habecker

  Pay The Price, People, Desire

  Eugene B. Habecker (1987). “The Other Side of Leadership”, Scripture PressPublications

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• As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.

  Anne Sweeney

  People, Giving, Expectations

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• Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Integrity, Character, Self

  Lewis H. Lapham (1985). “High Technology and Human Freedom”

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• Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

  Jim Rohn

  Encouraging, People, Empowering Others

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 29, 2014

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• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Managing People Is Like Herding Cats". Book by Warren G. Bennis, January 1997.

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

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Success, Passion

  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 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, Football

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• You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

  Bum Phillips

  Inspirational, Football, Nfl

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  The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

  Tony Dungy

  Team, Nfl, Secret

  "The Mentor Leader". Book by Tony Dungy, www.today.com. 2010.

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• What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Business

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• Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Business, Failure, Organization

  "Wisdom, Honor & Hope: The Inner Path to True Greatness". Book by Cecil O. Kemp, Jr., May 1, 2000.

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• A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason

  Hugo Grotius

  Family, Passion, Men

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• A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

  Chinua Achebe

  Healthy, Democracy, Robust

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Mar 27, 2016

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• The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.

  Alexis Hunter

  Positive Attitude, Open Minded, Calm

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• The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

  Seth Godin

  Believe, Simple, People

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.108, Penguin

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• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Business, Blow, Essence

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Volleyball

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• Leaders are those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Empowering, Leader

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• Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

  Bill Bradley

  People, Vision, Future Leaders

  "Unlocking Your Potential: The Keys to Discovering Your Hidden Treasure". Book by Wade D. Sadlier, 2011.

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• Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united
  with faith in his justice

  George Washington Goethals

  Faith, Justice, Hospitality

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