Leadership Quotes - Page 7

• The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

  Walt Disney

  Sports, Dream, Consistency

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• Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Hope, Encouragement

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• If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.

  James M. Kouzes

  Thinking, Walks, Turns

  James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (2010). “The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know”, p.62, John Wiley & Sons

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• All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

  Laozi

  Grateful, Humility, Sea

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• We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Life, Positive, Peace

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.55, Beacon Press

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• Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

  Harry S. Truman

  Men, Able, Great Leader

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• The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

  Tony Blair

  Motivational, Art, Life Changing

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

  George E. M. Kelly

  Business, Differences, Entrepreneur

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• Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Heart, Helping Others

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• The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Future Leaders, Born Leaders, Great Leader

  Warren Bennis, Steven B. Sample, Rob Asghar (2015). “The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success”, p.15, John Wiley & Sons

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• Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "My Country", Volume 2, No. 3, published by Litchfield Historical Society, p. 23, September 1968.

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• Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.

  Peter Block

  Top Down, Whim, Happens

  Peter Block (2016). “The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work”, p.63, John Wiley & Sons

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• He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Insperational, Words Of Wisdom

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.86, Aristotle

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• A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

  John J. Pershing

  Vision, Troops, Poor

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• Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

  Winston Churchill

  Mistake, False Hope, Swept Away

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Hinge of Fate”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

  Peter Drucker

  Responsibility, Ranking, Privilege

  Peter Drucker (2013). “Managing for the Future”, p.102, Routledge

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Business, Motivation, Educational

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.

  Jack Weatherford

  Pride, Animal, Mountain

  Jack Weatherford (2005). “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”, p.125, Broadway Books

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• Character matters; leadership descends from character.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Character, Matter, Conservative

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• Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen,
  well-timed, sincere words of praise.
  They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

  Sam Walton

  Appreciation, Team Building, Engagement

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• Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Business, Character, Vision

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