Quotes About Leadership

I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them.

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

When a person gets to know his Creator, and finally comes to know himself, then his leadership is born.

The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.

If you as a pastor don't have a passion for evangelism then don't be surprised if your people done either.

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

A leader's most powerful ally is his or her own example.

The job of leadership today is not just to make money, it's to make meaning.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.