Quotes About Leadership

Democracy raises up a natural prince for its leader, and aristocracy infuses a princely spirit among the people.

DE ALGUNAS LEYES QUE LOS INCAS TUVIERON EN SU GOBIERNO Nunca tuvieron pena pecuniaria ni confiscación de bienes, porque decían que castigar en la hacienda y dejar vivos los delincuentes no era desear quitar los malos de la república, sino la hacienda a los malhechores, y dejarlos con más libertad para que hiciesen mayores males.

In a deserted village the jackass is king.

I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people.

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

My commitment is my symbol, my vision my standard, and for this vision, my commitment!

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

All my games were political games I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically they grow exponentially.

Just because you are CEO, don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning, the way you think, and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.

If one did not know how to follow orders, one would not know how to give them.

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reset to remind you that you're the one in control of your marriage, not Lizzy.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Local authorities keep an eye on proceedings. The Saigon Protestant Church in Ho Chi Minh City, for instance, one of the biggest in the country, has to submit a list of its event schedules, financial records and appointments of Church leaders to government officials for their prior approval.

Leaders who value good outcomes more than assertion of their own authority understand that serious errors are avoided by the use of Intelligent Disobedience.

once all voices have been heard and a decision is made by those with the authority to make it, if no core values are being violated, supporting that decision is the correct mode.

You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders as you please. You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

Culture is the heart of an organization. Without a heart, there is no pulse. Therefore, take care of PEOPLE, and MISSION will be innovatively VICTORIOUS. BG Irene M. Zoppi