Leadership Quotes

You show me a school with a principal behind the desk, and I'll show you a school without principal leadership. (Quoting Baruti Kafele)

~ William Sterrett

Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written.

~ Dan Simmons

Everyday that I procrastinate, everyday that I sit stagnant in fear, everyday that I fail to better myself, someone else out there with the same goals and dreams as me is doing the exact opposite.

~ Noel Dejesus

Today my goal is to be more productive than I was yesterday, and tomorrow more productive than today.

~ Noel Dejesus

Never allow doubt to roam unimpeded within you. When it arises acknowledge it immediately, and then exterminate it with extreme prejudice.

~ Noel Dejesus

Their job as leader was not to solve the problem – the president really has little control over the economy – but to convince the public not only that he has a plan but that he is altogether confident in the plan's success and that only a cynic or someone in different to the public's well-being would dare to question him on the details.

~ George Friedman

Today I will work when others procrastinate, I will confront my fears when others hide from theirs, and I will create solutions when others find excuses; today I refuse to allow my enemies to out work me.

~ Noel Dejesus

In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds

~ Fela Durotoye

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

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

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

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

Effective leaders have the ability to serve and appreciate others while at the same time enabling them to achieve greatness.

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Impersonators, with time give up hope, but great leaders imitate with discretion.

~ S. E. Entsua-Mensah

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

~ Richie Norton

Leaders should always be the initiators of reconciliation.

~ Adam Livecchi

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity.

~ Todd Stocker

Added pressure and responsibility should not change one's leadership style, it should merely expose that which already exists.

~ Mark W. Boyer

Leadership defined: An equal and dual commitment to both results and relationships without compromising one for the other.

~ Al Ritter

Effective leaders make it easy for people around them to tell the truth, to be candid and open.

~ Al Ritter

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leadersare made rather than born.

~ Warren G. Bennis

The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.

~ Gary Patton

The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.

~ Matthew Norman