Good Leader Quotes

What makes a good leader? I ask myself this every day, and then as I begin to list off characteristics I realize I'm describing myself. Am I the ideal leader? Let's just say that if I were running for political office, I know who I'd vote for - twice. ~ Jarod Kintz

A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us to discover that we already know what to do. ~ Donella Meadows

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. ~ John C. Maxwell

The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself. ~ Sophocles

Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world. ~ Cheryl Richardson

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship. ~ James E. Faust

The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ~ Laozi

A real good leader is faithful
to a special gift of a near-death experience
Religious Leader Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans
Religion of Blue Circle
October 8, 2016
Babaji ~ Petra Hermans

Even now, I found it difficult to believe that my father could or might be dying. He had always been a strong man, a good leader. No one had ever seen him with his head bowed in despair or defeat, no one had ever seen him slump in resignation, nor had anyone ever had even so much as a hint from him that he might ever give up. It was hard to picture all that strength drained from my father's body. ~ Ann Marston

The best investors are visionaries - they look beyond the present.
By the same token, vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. ~ Nelson Mandela

A good leader must be fair. ~ Yao Ming

I plan on being a friend, a good leader and a good governor over these next three years. ~ John Rowland

It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time. ~ Neil Cavuto

I feel that no good leader can let the masses go unfed ~ Kiera Cass

The good leader carries water for his people. ~ Laozi

Good leadership is about the company's success, not your own. ~ Anne M. Mulcahy

A good leader brins the lady partner dance level to a superior level. ~ Donnie Burns

It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed. ~ Gro Harlem Brundtland

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember. ~ Carlos Ghosn

In short, professional competence is not enough to be a good leader; good leaders must truly care about those entrusted to their care. ~ Simon Sinek

A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence. ~ Laurie Beth Jones

Good leaders are scarce; so I'm following myself. ~ Dale Carnegie

A leader should always be open to criticism, not silencing dissent. Any leader who does not tolerate criticism from the public is afraid of their dirty hands to be revealed under heavy light. And such a leader is dangerous, because they only feel secure in the darkness. Only a leader who is free from corruption welcomes scrutiny; for scrutiny allows a good leader to be an even greater leader. ~ Suzy Kassem

Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

he was a good leader. ~ Rick Riordan

Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top. ~ Wendy Davis

Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right ~ Simon Sinek

If you are a good leader, Who talks little, They will say, When your work is done, And your aim fulfilled, "We did it ourselves." - Lao Tse ~ Gerald M. Weinberg

In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos is his ability to touch feelings to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action, to move people intellectually. ~ Mortimer Adler

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you. ~ Jimmy Johnson

It is in times of crisis that good leaders emerge. ~ Rudy Giuliani

Since then, I've observed that a charismatic personality who's willing to take risks only for personal gain does not make a good leader. Principle-centered leadership is based on selfless courage, practical wisdom and moral objectives. It's based on honesty and focused on achieving what is best for others, whether they understand it or not. Consequently, great leaders are not always popular, but they are consistent. ~ Kenneth E. Behring

I think Enda Kenny has shown himself to be a good leader in the sense that he can accept that people might have differences of opinion with him, but at the same time can see that it's useful to have them involved and part of the team and I very much appreciate that. ~ Lucinda Creighton

His was a profession in which a good leader constantly had to adapt to new weapons, whether he liked them or not, ~ David Halberstam

I'm merely teaching you to be someone of pride and to be a good leader and that's the message I want you to take away from my music. ~ Sizzla

If your leadership is truly grounded in love, you'll always land in the category of a good leader. ~ Glenn C. Stewart

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to. ~ Peter Mullan

Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand that their purpose goes far beyond the mere details of their job. When everyone is united in purpose, a positive purpose that serves not only the organization but also, hopefully, the world beyond it, you have a winning team. ~ Colin Powell

A good leader makes a good follower. ~ Wilfred Bion

The bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves ~ Peter M. Senge

Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it. ~ John C. Maxwell

You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble. ~ Nelson Mandela

After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do people follow you? Do you have integrity? Are you innovative? Do you solve problems? Somebody's got to do that homework and redesign the educational system so that it can actually train people to be successful in life ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I lean down and drop a kiss on the top of his head. "Goodbye, Achilles," I whisper, and I leave Maxen Ashley Colchester alone with his head in his hands. I leave and get in my car and go back home, remembering the feel of his hair on my lips.
I will break from loving him, I think. I will split with it, burn with it.
And yet, for the first time, I know what I have to do. I know that I'm a good man, I know that I'd be a good leader. I know that I can stop Melwas and keep Greer safe. I know how to do it.
I have to become more than a prince.
I have to become a king myself. ~ Sierra Simone

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. ~ Aristotle.

Good leaders have a generosity gene. ~ Jack Welch

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~ Ben Carson

Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person. ~ Sabaa Tahir

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader. ~ Barbara Mikulski

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility. ~ James C. Collins

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

I've never been this dirty. I've never been this sweaty and disgusting. I've never been this afraid, this thirsty, this alone".
"I haven't been a good leader, but
people are counting on me to take them to safety. I don't know if I'm twelve or twenty or if I'm twenty and I don't think age matters anymore
There is a way out. I will find a way out. ~ Scott Sigler

Chris Salamone is a powerful leader who brings all the unique ideas into existence with many leadership qualities that a good leader possess like honesty, ability to delegate, communication, commitment, creativity, ability to inspire, etc. ~ Chris Salamone

… as I associated with more and more different types, I realized that to make it, you had to get along with almost everybody. If you dislike the people you work with, you'd better not show it. I learned that to be a good leader, I had to strike a delicate balance. ~ Thomas J. Watson Jr.

I am a good leader; I know how to explain men to themselves. ~ Anna Godbersen

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work. ~ Anne Sweeney

My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it. ~ Zhu Rongji

If you plan to be a good leader at all... Listen fully, subjugate your arrogance and need to be "right", and your Righteousness indignation, for a few seconds.. because only then will you hear the whisper of truth. ~ Tony Dovale

A Good Leader Promotes Peace,Not War.
A Good Leader Is For The People,Not For Himself.
A Good Leader Does Not Watch His People Suffer. ~ Godfrey Orateng

A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future. ~ A.J. Darkholme

I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. ~ Leroy Chiao

You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success. That's what differentiates the good leader. Not many people have it. Not many people can predict that corner. That would be a characteristic of great leaders. ~ Jack Welch

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them. ~ Marilyn Vos Savant

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader. ~ Tony Fernandes

The only good leader is a reluctant one. ~ Tony Vigorito

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player. ~ Ricky Ponting

LEGACY plays an important role in defining a good leader at any age. ~ Farshad Asl

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident. ~ Amy Chua

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

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills. ~ Shiv Khera

A good leader protects his own, if you ask me. ~ Traci Chee

To be a good leader, you don't have to know what you're doing; you just have to act like you know what you're doing. ~ Jordan Carl Curtis

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them. ~ Tony Dungy

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it. ~ Donald Trump

The problem was that somewhere along the way I had bought into the myth that a good leader has to be good at everything. So I operated under the assumption that I had to upgrade my weaknesses into strengths. After all, who would follow a leader who wasn't well-rounded? ~ Andy Stanley

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability. ~ Jack Ma

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it. ~ Simon Sinek

A good leader does not tell people to stand behind him. That position does not give anybody power but the leader. Today's politician isn't going to be the first marching to war, so why put that guy in front? Instead, a good leader tells people to stand beside him. That creates an invincible wall of people, and that's a force where everybody stands as a true equal. ~ Suzy Kassem

Don't get me wrong, loyalty is an admirable quality. But the number of years one has been around does not automatically equate with being a good leader, any more than does merely having the title of manager or vice president. And certainly the things we acquire- fine cars, nice homes- are not measures of our leadership ability.
Leadership, more than anything else, is about the way we think. It's a moment-to-moment disciplining of our thoughts. It's about practicing personal accountability and choosing to make a positive contribution, no matter what out role or "level". ~ John G. Miller

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself. ~ Bo Bennett

A good leader is not elected, he is appointed. ~ Andrew-Knox B Kaniki

A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ~ Robert Townsend

I love free trade, but we need great leadership to have real free trade. And we don't have good leadership. We have leadership that doesn't know what it's doing. ~ Donald Trump

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don't know it all and never will. ~ Anne M. Mulcahy

A good leader thinks in shades of grey but speaks in black and white ~ Beau Lotto

A leader is only able to lead others because he disciplines himself. The person who does not know how to bow to discipline imposed from without, who does not know how to obey, will not make a good leader-nor will the one who has not learned to impose discipline within his own life. Those who scorn scripturally or legally constituted authority, or rebel against it, rarely qualify for high leadership positions. ~ J. Oswald Sanders

Sometimes doing the right thing was hard ... and potentially messy. But a good leader always did the right thing. ~ Shannon Hale

Ask others the same questions you ask of yourself: "Am I a good leader? Am I trustworthy? Am I inspiring? ~ Rob Roy

DONOVAN: Court's a good leader. He doesn't hold my hand or treat anyone like a child. He's kicked a few *sses when guys went off script to make their own moves. Once he even scared the sh*t out of one of the older guys. ~ Bijou Hunter

I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes. ~ Julie Bowen

We can influence people for bad or good. ~ Johnny Hunt

A good leader will seek the wisdom of others. After all, no man is an island! ~ Jim George

A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details. ~ John Wooden

You read about people like you in myths and in the Lore, struggling with their gifts. But it's the struggle that brings greatness. If your powers came easily to you, without incident, you would never appreciate them as you should. And you would no' be a good leader because you would be impatient with others who did have to work hard. It never comes easy to the great warriors in history. ~ Kresley Cole

The qualities required to be a good leader are usually incompatible with the qualities required to become a leader. ~ Francis Mont

Every strength has a corresponding challenge and every challenge has a corresponding strength. The inattentive child may be a deep thinker. The uncooperative child may be a good leader. The emotionally-charged child may be gifted with exceptional empathy. The rule-defying child may be an out-of-the-box innovator.

When faced with challenging behaviors, look for the corresponding strength, and focus on nurturing that gift while providing gentle guidance and coping techniques for the challenging areas. That is the essence of working with, instead of against, our children. ~ L.R. Knost

Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree. ~ Myles Munroe

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing. ~ Mark Wahlberg