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• True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.

  Bill Byrd

  Leadership, Needs, Firsts

  Bill Byrd (2004). “Sweet Success: 12 Proven Habits of Winning Leaders”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• And it falls to a true leader to see to it that his or her people have an inspiring vision to pursue.

  Bill Byrd

  Leadership, Fall, People

  Bill Byrd (2004). “Sweet Success: 12 Proven Habits of Winning Leaders”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• The ruling quality of leaders adaptive capacity, is what allows true leaders to make the nimble decisions that bring success. Adaptive capacity is also what allows some people to transcend the setbacks and losses that come with age and to reinvent themselves again and again.

  Warren G

  Loss, People, Decision

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• Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Long

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.74, Moody Publishers

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• Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

  Richard Rohr

  People, Leader, Immature

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• A true leader always feels that it's truly wise to be considered a fool by those who are not actually nice, and actually not nice to be considered a wise by those who are truly fools.

  Anuj

  Wise, Nice, Leader

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• True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Home, Long

  First Speech Before the United Nations General Assembly (64th Session), delivered 23 September 2009, New York, NY

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• Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn’t something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.

  Jackson Katz

  Winning, Games, Goal

  "What to Say to Boys and Young Men About Big Ben" by Jackson Katz, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2011.

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• True leadership means to receive power from God and use it under God's rule to serve people in God's way.

  Leighton Ford

  Mean, People, Use

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• A man who tells you to follow him, will turn his followers into his company. While a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.

  Suzy Kassem

  Men, Leader, Doe

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

  Stephen Covey

  Exercise, Democracy, True Leadership

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

  Myles Munroe

  Followers, Use, Benefits

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• It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Wise, Divorce, Example

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• My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's a step you're willing to take." -Carlist Rieekan

  Timothy Zahn

  Decision, Leader, Weight

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• True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.

  Carmine Gallo

  People, Leader, Inspire

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• Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.

  Donald Trump

  Team, Responsibility, Leader

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• True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

  James C. Collins

  People, Good To Great, True Leadership

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  True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

  Justin Timberlake

  Voice, Risk, Heard

  Twitter post from May 9, 2012

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• True leadership is serving God and not looking for the glory that might come from it. You don't do it for the glory or personal benefit but for God's glory. You don't take credit for anything that is done, but praise God for everything that He has done through you.

  Vonette Bright

  Credit, Done, Benefits

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• If you want to be a great leader, you have to put the interest of the country above your own. I would like to think that true leadership is not just telling people what they want to hear but helping them understand things, so you can explain to them what you think is best, and then they can judge you on that.

  Lynn Novick

  Country, Thinking, Judging

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.

  Marlene Caroselli

  Leadership, Power, Giving

  Marlene Caroselli, William J. Rothwell, Dale C. Brandenburg (1990). “The Language of leadership”, Center for Professional development

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• current research is showing that true leaders enjoy using their power and are comfortable with it - so comfortable, in fact, that they don't mind sharing that control when it is appropriate to do so.

  Marlene Caroselli

  Leadership, Power, Mind

  Marlene Caroselli, William J. Rothwell, Dale C. Brandenburg (1990). “The Language of leadership”, Center for Professional development

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• Governor Sanders showed true leadership and character by supporting civil rights for all during a time when many were not, His lasting positive impact on our state will be felt by many future generations of Georgians.

  Nathan Deal

  Leadership, Character, Impact

  "Former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders Dies At 89" By David Beasley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2014.

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• Peyton Manning is a true leader. A legend. I love the way he is always in control. You never see him too frustrated, never see him too happy.

  Snoop Dogg

  Leader, Frustrated, Legends

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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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

  Leadership, Proximity, 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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