Quotes About Leadership

You might have developed capacities to lead yourself effectively, and developed the competencies in adapting to change and making effective decisions, but leading and influencing others can be a totally different experience.…the led reserves the right of followership! …the decision to follow you or not is theirs!~Adesiji Rabiu

If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

By Allah, if you were to appoint a small child over me, I would obey him. How could I not obey you when you are far above me in Islam and have been named the Trusted One by the Prophet? I could never attain your status. I declare here and now that I have dedicated my life to the way of Allah, Most High.

But for the necessity of obeying the orders of the Caliph, I would never have accepted this command over you. You are much higher than me in Islam. I am a Companion of the Prophet, but you are one whom the Messenger of Allah had called 'the trusted one of this nation.

I am the son of many chiefs. My sword is sharp and terrible. It is the mightiest of things when the pot of war boils fiercely.

I look at him more than a little shocked by his words knowing how much he likes being right being in charge most people do.

And while I definitely agree with that, I also think the same can be said of how people handle power.

The rebel leader and the priest.

El poder no me interesa. Reinar es mucho más hermoso

A dog among the masters, the most masterly of the dogs.

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people.

If you destroy the presidency and make it an errand boy for Congress, we're going to be a much weaker and more divided nation.

You see, in a family everyone is not alike, someone may be a weakling. Now, as head of the family, it is natural for you to focus greater attention on the weaker member so that he can be brought at par with the others, isn't it? But that does not mean I am sidelining the others.

We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.

It was a hallmark of Nelson Mandela's leadership that being open to change made him appear not weaker, but even stronger.

Without any doubt, I'm convinced that Hillary Clinton represents less individuality, flexibility for the states, a weaker national defense. And you know, for all those reasons, we ought to get behind Donald Trump.

Some mistakes in life you can come back from. Harming someone else is something different. With my own team, we're never going to harm someone that's weaker than us.

When I decided to come into politics, the one thing that I had in my mind was to help the weaker sections. Therefore, nobody should accuse me of nepotism.

I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just fundamentally disagree with him philosophically.

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

If I were to build a company, I would make every single person the biggest star possible because you are only as strong as your weakest link.