Leader Quotes

HOW TO CHOOSE A GREAT LEADERChoose a leader who will invest in Building bridges, not walls.Books, not weapons.Morality, not corruption.Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance.Stability, not fear and terror.Peace, not chaos.Love, not hate.Convergence, not segregation.Tolerance, not discrimination.Fairness, not hypocrisy.Substance, not superficiality.Character, not immaturity.Transparency, not secrecy.Justice, not lawlessness.Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction.Truth, not lies.

~ Suzy Kassem

A leader does not develop leadership by gaining more followers. Great leaders make more leaders.

~ J.r. Rim

A strange feeling: as if filaments trailed from Arin's body. A thousand fishing lines snagging attention. Here and there. Little tugs. People caught on the lines. The way sometimes people couldn't look him in the eye, and when they did they become fish trying to breath air. He wished it weren't like that.He knew it would be necessary.

~ Marie Rutkoski

I am not a leader but a pathfinder and a motivator.

~ Debasish Mridha

If you have a great vision and are ready for a passionate mission, they you are a leader.

~ Debasish Mridha

Leaders don't pray to God to fill their potholes. They ask God for shovels so they can do it by His grace. Pray practically.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayers

~ Israelmore Ayivor

What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Inferior and Superior life lives in the interior of a person.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders act with visions, they don't react with emotions. Maturity is when you don't allow your bad feelings to direct your good dealings.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Clarity repositions you to quit nice activities that take you nowhere in order to pursue risky tasks that take you somewhere.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders get to tall heights by taking short steps. Being faithful, diligent and consistent with little steps is the secret to mounting greater heights.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders with high esteem are high performers.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Richest leaders are not those who have calories in their bank accounts, but those who have fats in their positive ideas.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders let go of what they can't control. It's a matter of knowing the power of the muscles and bones in your neck so you can go for what it can carry

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders take actions. Attacking your plans with blows of actions will not cost you painful but temporal bruises. Never leave goals untouched.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Achievements take leaders' name everywhere. Character keeps those names wherever they reach. A leader with no trust soon fades no matter how far he goes.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders don't cheat, they don't envy. Leaders don't hate, they don't curse. Leadership is a positive service to mankind.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Those who see poverty looking for human slaves to capture, will tell you they saw him holding the handcuffs of laziness.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Self-leadership is about digging out your hidden endowment and making them known and useful to those who need it most.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Vision unknown is self-abuse. Vision known is self-abuse discovery. But vision applied is self-liberation. Application is the key

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

A boss says “go and make sure you do it”, a leader says “let’s go and make it happen”. Bosses control people, leaders involve them.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

A person with low standards will forever be walking. A person with high standard will soon stop walking and start running. Later, they’ll soon stop running and start galloping. The next time you see him, he’s either flying or soaring.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders learn more from blames than praises. Praises make them know what’s already done well, blames show them what’s yet to be done well.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders try every possible means to leave the world better than they found it. They make an indelible impact and society remembers them for that.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Don’t let the horrible nature of the waters prevent you from crossing the rivers of life. The more horrible the challenges we face, the sweeter the joy of conquering them.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders are raised through training and experience. Nobody was born naturally with hand-gloves of leadership. We come to life to search for it, discover it and optimize it.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Live an exemplary life as a leader. When you are gone, you will still lead from the grave because your influence, impacts and inspirations will become and information for the living.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You can’t gather much if you won’t go on risk expedition. Leaders never fear the thorns, they’ll still go in for the beautiful roses no matter the number of pricks they’ll get.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

People do not recognize that you can do it when you merely tell them you can. Until they see you doing it, they won’t follow you. Leaders who are willing to go further alone today are those to be consulted for solutions tomorrow.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders look out for people who can criticize them constructively and rebuke them reasonably.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders create and maintain good interpersonal relationships with people they meet and work with. People who lead better relate better.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you have only answers and no questions, chances are high that you will never know new things.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Contrary to popular opinion, leaders aren’t created out of fame. Fame is just a shadow. When you enter dark times in, it leaves you.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders know where they can function better. They don’t cry over what they cannot do.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Innovation is the art of creating a better, a more convenient and more comfortable way for the world to pass. Leaders leave footprints everywhere they go. They are impact makers and innovators.

~ Israelmore Ayivor