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• Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon.

  James Fisher

  People, Special, Quality

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• A leader is a dealer in hope.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Basketball

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.

  Peter Drucker

  Trust, Teamwork, Jobs

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Managing the Non-Profit Organization”, p.14, Routledge

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• A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Basketball, Business

  "Leadership 101: 3 Key Lessons on Advancing Racial Equity" by Dr. Artika R. Tyner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2015.

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• Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Top Management

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 16, 2016

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• The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Integrity, Vision, Quality

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  The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Patriotic, Voice, Listening Ear

  Woodrow Wilson (1965). “The Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson”

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• Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

  Zig Ziglar

  Strong, Humble, Rude

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 27, 2013

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  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

  Jesse Jackson

  Jobs, Business, Political

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• He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

  John C. Maxwell

  Walks, Following

  John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.78, David C Cook

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• Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

  John C. Maxwell

  Noble, Longing, Significant

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• There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, People, Future Leaders

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• There are no office hours for leaders.

  James Gibbons

  Wrestling, Office, Hours

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• Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Confidence

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.52, Ballantine Books

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• The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

  Laozi

  Teacher, Taken, Credit

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• A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Philosophy

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

  Carl Jung

  Mean, Men, Order

  Carl Gustav Jung (1968). “The collected works”

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• Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

  Mwai Kibaki

  Power, Opportunity, Greed

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Optimistic

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• The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Creativity, Responsibility, Organization

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  You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Positive, Business, Learning

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• The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Relationship, Teamwork

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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