Leadership Quotes

Two main definitions of a true leader, His presence is noticed and his absence is felt...!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Say no to corruption; it does not fit you! Say no to bad leadership; you don't fit there. Say no to immorality; it will only fake you! Be bold to say no if that is what will take your breakfast away; you will get a sweeter lunch pack for compensation sooner.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions in the regalia of inspirations!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You cannot climb up to a true leadership position unless you use the ladder of integrity!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

It is said that if you want to change the world, take pen and write. I want to add that if you want to maintain that change, then be the ruler to rule the pen's lines. True rulers are true leaders; they maintain a change!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads of success will spine by your own efforts. And where power is abused, there is manipulation instead of inspiration.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If the problems you have this year are the same problems you had last year, then you are not a leader. You are rather a problem on your own that must be solved.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You are your own leader. Where are you driving yourself to now? You can't afford to go wayward! Rise up and break new territories and live life so well.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Yes. Oh no! I don't subject myself to a leadership that does not break new territories! It is the job of leadership to succeed in landing its limbs on new grounds.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Authority confined in you does not make you a leader. It is the authority created by you that makes you influence people with your purpose.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Your title is what you are; your visions are who you are. When you know who you are, then you will know where you can be useful most.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The fact that people are in positions does not justify the means that they are leaders. A leader can be blind and to know this, check his sense of vision.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

As good surgical doctor works on a patient in the theater with varied kinds of surgical instruments, so a true leader also needs a clean bag of leadership characters that vary from task to task. One-way leaders are obvious failures!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you want to wait till your black hairs turn grey and your teeth start pulling out before you become a leader, you are either too fast to prove your ignorance, or you are too late to know who you are made of.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders are not known by their positions; they are known by their roles in those position. You have many gifts as a leader, but your dominant gift is what you will use to lead.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions. They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela...

~ Israelmore Ayivor

When you walk in distinction, even the photocopying machine can’t replicate your unique quality.

~ Onyi Anyado

A dream conceived from the inside-out eventually becomes reality. But a dream desired from the outside-in is subject to spoil and tragedy.

~ T.f. Hodge

Some individuals have the courage to make it, even feel the need to do so; for them the quest is a necessity, not an option. Most people setting out on such journeys are never heard from again, but part of the romance of any field lies in keeping the dream alive, in not settling for what is familiar and comfortable.

~ Gino Segrè

Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.

~ Orrin Woodward

Today and every day, live and lead the memory you want to leave behind.

~ Jon Mertz

He (Peter) doesn't know if he's looking into the eyes of a madman, or the eyes of a King.

~ Roma Downey

The best ever spiritual coach you can ever have is Jesus Christ, our model of true leadership! You can do all things through Christ your and my spiritual coach!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

God is the leader of your team. As you follow Him with all your heart, you will be leading your team in Jesus’ steps.

~ Jim George

Jesus modeled true leadership as both personal and hospitable.

~ Adam Livecchi

Never embarrass a student in front of others. Embarrass yourself often to relieve the tension, but do not paint them into a corner.

~ Harry Gilbert

Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from compassion and emerges from deep inner solidarity with those who are 'subject' to authority. The one who is fully like us, who deeply understands our joys and pains or hopes and desires, and who is willing and able to walk with us, that is the one to whom we gladly give authority and whose 'subjects' we are willing to be.It is the compassionate authority that empowers, encourages, calls forth hidden gifts, and enables great things to happen. True spiritual authorities are located in the point of an upside-down triangle, supporting and holding into the light everyone they offer their leadership to.

~ Henri J.m. Nouwen

I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.

~ Charles W. Colson

Being a leader is not about finding ways to get others to serve you, but knowing how to serve your followers.

~ A.j. Darkholme

A saint or monk can afford to be compassionate to all, but a leader or boss cannot always be kind. He may soon be without a job himself if he is unduly compassionate, and chances are, no one would show him any compassion then.

~ Awdhesh Singh

He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle – that should be his tone.

~ Margaret Atwood

Lead with honesty, total integrity, compassion, patience and tolerance — toward yourself!

~ Bryant Mcgill

Patience is not a natural gift of a leader, it is a learned one. The more you broaden your awareness, understanding, and compassion, the better results you will get out of your people.

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You can unlock spiritual things only from within.

~ Richard Rohr

The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.

~ Christopher Moore

One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, His confidence and compassion increase every day.

~ Doris Kearns Goodwin

A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, There's a man in there!Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there.

~ Shelby Foote

Tomorrow's leaders will not lead dictating from the front, nor pushing from the back. They will lead from the centre - from the heart

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

I learnt to test the size of my brain..by trying this simple thought ! Look out for the good things, not the faults.It takes a good deal bigger sized brain to find out what is not wrong with people and things than to fins out what is wrong!!!

~ Abha Maryada Banerjee