Leadership Quotes

Integrity, by its definition, means adhering consistently to a strong, reliable code of ethics, whatever that code is.

~ Scott K. Edinger

Be true to yourself-at the core of your leadership are your values and morals.

~ Artika Tyner

Leadership responsibility is multidimensional and cannot be described in one or two words. It is personal, interpersonal, environmental and societal.

~ Linda Fisher Thornton

The difficulty was not that of following a moral principle at personal cost; the difficulty was that of knowing what to do when there is more than one principal, and when the principles clash.

~ Elton Trueblood

While mistakes may be local, in today’s connected world embarrassment is global

~ Gyan Nagpal

Your children are going through life with their eyes closed, so YOU'RE the one who has to steer.

~ Jennifer Senior

He (the Bible study leader) is blessed with a light touch and a firm hand.

~ John Kasich

Williams had a very shrewd sense of how much heat the organism could take at any given time

~ David Halberstam

Even in a hostile press conference with hostile questions there was drama, and he could benefit from the drama and the hostility. He mastered the greatest art of television, appearing to be spontaneous without in fact being spontaneous.

~ David Halberstam

When an actor reaches down into his emotional well and pulls up a deeply personal response, the audience can sense something special is going on. They may not know exactly what they're seeing, but they recognize it as authentic.

~ Martin Sheen

Never base motivation or fear, entirely.

~ Peter Heather

Unlike most politicians who follow their audience, (Robert) Kennedy tried to lead his.

~ Thurston Clarke

If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.

~ Os Guinness

Reagan understood an important distinction that (Lyndon) Johnson never grasped: being in control and being successful aren't always the same thing.

~ Jonathan Darman

I'm perfectly willing to be perfectly human.

~ Donald Miller

Lyndon Johnson knew how to make the most of such enthusiasm and how to play on it and intensify it. He wanted his audience to become involved. He wanted their hands up in the air. And having been a schoolteacher he knew how to get their hands up. He began, in his speeches, to ask questions.

~ Robert A. Caro

The web of trust is built at eye level, peer to peer.

~ Jeff Jarvis

We can’t really explain what the goal of mentoring is, until we understand what the church is for.

~ Rhys Bezzant

Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.

~ Augustine Of Hippo

Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better.

~ Rebecca Goldstein

The Roman Church has grown and grown, fueled by immigration but also renewed by two pontiffs who have seemed to understand what Tocqueville knew: People want guidance for their souls once they are convinced they have them.

~ Hugh Hewitt

Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.

~ John Feinstein

The desire we so often hear expressed today for “episcopal figures,” “priestly men,” “authoritative personalities” springs frequently enough from a spiritually sick need for the admiration of men, for the establishment of visible human authority, because the genuine authority of service appears to be so unimpressive.

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.

~ Richard Llewellyn

Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

~ Richard Rohr

A leader may lead, but you have to follow to reach the destination.

~ Debasish Mridha

A leader inspires others to dream more. The actions of a really good leader will show how to achieve that dream.

~ Debasish Mridha

Innovative wisdom with purpose defines a leader.

~ Debasish Mridha

A good leader is one who reveals to you your own potential and then inspires and shows you how to reach your potential.

~ Debasish Mridha

To be a leader be an example and lead the way.

~ Debasish Mridha

When you empower others to be great, you become a great leader.

~ Debasish Mridha

Be a leader who is driven by purpose but not by position or power.

~ Debasish Mridha

By learning more, by doing more, by becoming more, and by creating a common vision, a leader is a person who can inspire others to change for the better.

~ Debasish Mridha

Leadership is an ability to have a great vision for the future and the ability to inspire others to follow.

~ Debasish Mridha

Leadership is a process where a leader has a purpose oriented destination and lets the followers find the best way to get there with a common vision and goal.

~ Debasish Mridha

When you know the destination, the path is easy.

~ Ratmir Timashev

We are born with the need for a leader, someone to control the conflict between each individual's need. An alpha in the house, an alpha at work, an alpha in the church and in the White House.

~ Colin Mcadam

A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then.

~ Brandon Sanderson

An individual school can handle a resident idiot from time to time, but an entire school system is only as good as its weakest leader.

~ Tucker Elliot