Leaders Quotes

A nation can be mighty, when the citizens put away their political differences, work together for a common vision, a common goal and a common good.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

…golf was no longer the most interesting sport to the corporate czars because they found playing with natural balls much more satisfying.

~ Pawan Mishra

If a country complains that they don’t have good leaders, those leaders are only as a result of the prevailing value system that every citizen of that country has been exposed to.

~ Sunday Adelaja

We live in a country where our young ladies who have recently attained the age of puberty cannot afford sanitary pads, but our men and women in public offices have ipads which they do not even know how to use.

~ Patrick L.o. Lumumba

Great leaders create great cultures regardless of the dominant culture in the organization.

~ Bob Anderson

Leaders set the context and create the conditions in which individuals and organizations thrive.

~ Bob Anderson

From one dog all the dogs bark.

~ Marty Rubin

When we limit ourselves by being the person we “should” be, we limit our aliveness. We may achieve success but not fulfillment because we are not living out all the important truths about ourselves, truths we need to slow down to excavate.

~ Henna Inam

Most people do not want to follow a leader, they want to command the leading of a servant.

~ Justin K. Mcfarlane Beau

You leaders, where do you lead your people to? Do you sow in them the seed of possession?

~ Sunday Adelaja

I am strategically and methodically preparing leaders in a more result oriented setting.

~ Sunday Adelaja

A leader should have the same attitude of God’s love toward people.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Leaders in the body of Christ must be humble and broken from the Lord’s hand to be truly useful in His kingdom.

~ Greg Gordon

Before we ask where the leaders are, we should look in a mirror and ask the person we see “Why are you not leading”?

~ Carlos Wallace

Rest and comfort are two different things. Rest is a planned temporary time to refresh and refocus the leader. Comfort is when you settle into unproductive routines and accept satisfactory or unsatisfactory results.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

A strong team consists of people who know how to follow a leader.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Nobody is rewarded for occupying a position, but for becoming effective in the position occupied. If you occupy a position, you must have the weight of influence in order to matter!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Never follow a follower who is following someone who has fallen. It's why the whole world is falling apart.

~ Suzy Kassem

Successful leaders know how to line up support for their initiatives and create the right environment for change and innovation.

~ Bonnie Marcus

Don’t let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

~ Cheryl A. Bachelder

Demonstrating integrity is indispensable for leaders.

~ Scott K. Edinger

Know the strength of the followers and tap into their energy. Get others involved. Trust them to do their best. Finally, don't forget to praise the workers.

~ Teresa Hampton

But as much as we like the familiar, as leaders we must be willing to learn, and learning many times requires stretching, growing, and becoming a bit uncomfortable in the process.

~ Teresa Hampton

Divide and rule, the politician cries;Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Thought leadership is when a leader's thoughts are being used by leaders to lead others.

~ Onyi Anyado

It is interesting to note that an overwhelming majority of citizens in the world's three largest democracies have different religions: India (81 percent Hindu), the United States (76 percent Christian), and Indonesia (87 percent Muslim). Two of them have elected women as leaders of their government.

~ Jimmy Carter

Intellectuals are rarely successful as leaders. They are so trapped in their ideals that they cannot venture out in the real world to win and lead.

~ Awdhesh Singh

Leaders are usually a reflection of the people they lead. How can a leader be moral if his people are immoral?

~ Awdhesh Singh

It is never easy for any leader to choose between differentiation and equality. You are condemned either way. When you treat everyone equally, you are considered just by majority as equality benefits below average people and they seem to always be in majority. At the same time, you are also condemned because you can’t produce results with people having a crab mentality. However, if you choose to reward the excellence and punish the non-performer, you achieve the desired results but get condemned for being unfair, unjust, cruel and Darwinian.

~ Awdhesh Singh

Effective leaders allow God to shape them into the kind of people they need to be for each situation they encounter.

~ Jim George

All great leaders are known to have faith. They first develop faith in themselves, which means they connect their body, mind and intellect with their soul. They also connect their soul with the Universal Soul where all souls of the world are connected with each other. Leadership is thus a spiritual quality that comes from faith and trust.

~ Awdhesh Singh

If you wish to succeed as a leader, you should be capable of transforming the souls of people, which control their intellect, mind and body. A good leader transforms the souls of the people, which then become like his own soul...Once the nature of the followers is changed, they ‘willingly’ follow the path of their leader A leader transforms ordinary men into exceptionally powerful people just like a strong magnet transforms an ordinary piece of iron into a powerful magnet.

~ Awdhesh Singh

The most interesting aspect of leadership is that it cannot be predicted. All great leaders had been quite ordinary in their early years. It was only when they became leaders that people started recognising them as leaders.It is difficult to identify specific qualities that make a leader. However, when leaders emerge, people are inclined to point out their leadership qualities. Yet, when other people imbibe the same qualities and try to imitate the actions of their leaders, they may fail.

~ Awdhesh Singh

Academically brilliant persons usually make excellent managers and bureaucrats as they can efficiently implement the vision of the government or world leaders by following the prescribed methods. However, they may prove to be poor leaders, for they may not have taken the pain to understand the world on their own, and hence, cannot contribute any new thought or line of action to tackle new problems.

~ Awdhesh Singh

Those who are blindly led, blindly follow.

~ Justin K. Mcfarlane Beau

A leader is one who chooses the interest of his followers over his personal ignominy. He can beg, steal and even snatch for the followers. He suffers individual loss for the sake of the gain of his followers. That makes him a leader whom people follow because they themselves do not have the courage to do so. People do not mind if someone else does all the dirty jobs for them while they can enjoy the fruits without getting their own hands dirty.

~ Awdhesh Singh

We praise our leaders when they act against our adversaries. But when our own interest is threatened, we begin to dislike the same leaders, irrespective of the sincerity of their intentions. An effective leader is bound to create enemies.

~ Awdhesh Singh

Hatred is the emotional price leaders must pay for getting love and honour.

~ Awdhesh Singh