It Leadership Quotes

Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and women in uniform - people who believed so deeply in America, they were willing to give their lives for it. ~ Barack Obama

They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it. ~ Larry McMurtry

Influence: What you think you have until you try to use it. ~ Joan Walsh Anglund

Showing leadership doesn't mean every employee will run the organization; that would lead to chaos. Businesses do need someone to set the vision and then lead the team to it. ~ Robin S. Sharma

Being a leader is not about forever, it is about moments ... it is about THIS moment and what you do with it! ~ Scott Neilson

The "Art of Possible" can only be achieved through visionary IT leadership, as well as the art and science of modern IT management. ~ Pearl Zhu

The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it. ~ Andy Hargreaves

The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it. ~ Zhang Ziyi

You've got to realize that in any competition there is always a winner and loser. When it turns out that you're the loser on a given day, you can be a graceful loser, but it doesn't mean that you're a loser in the sense that you're willing to accept losses readily. Concede that on that day you weren't the best and that you were beaten in competition. But that should make you more dedicated and hard working. It's wrong to accept defeat as a loser. Be graceful about losing, but don't accept it. ~ Nolan Ryan

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. ~ William James

Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict. Today, we have a real opportunity to achieve a comprehensive, peaceful settlement, and I believe we must test it. ~ Barack Obama

Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it. ~ Frank Sonnenberg

What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been ... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white man came here and took it away, took it away and replaced it ... ~ Galarrwuy Yunupingu

Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it. ~ Frank Herbert

If you don't collect any metrics, you're flying blind. If you collect and focus on too many, they may be obstructing your field of view. ~ Scott M. Graffius

Intuition is a powerful business tool. Use it. ~ Maggie Wilderotter

When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load ... I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it. ~ Johnny Hunt

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it. ~ Kenneth I. Chenault

I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it. ~ Pat Roberts

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it. ~ Mo Ibrahim

If you want it, measure it. If you can't measure it, forget it. ~ Peter Drucker

I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it ... You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it. ~ Chris Christie

So much of what you do physically happens because you've thought about it and mentally prepared for it. ~ Dan Fouts

Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it. ~ Richard Armour

Leaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it. ~ Marcia Whicker

Never be SARCASTIC. A clever remark might gain you a few laughs but the butt of your remarks will be offended and will remember you for it. ~ Gary L. Graybill

Great CIOs are great storytellers, envision and communicate a full-fledged, people-centric digital transformation. ~ Pearl Zhu

If you're a good experienced player, you wknow what it takes to do. If you're in trouble, you know how to change. One hundred percent of my game is instinct. I never stop and think I'm going to hit a ball crosscourt or down the line. I just do it. ~ Bjorn Borg

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it. ~ Mao Zedong

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it. ~ John Naisbitt

Strong executive commitment is a success factor for implementing Scrum, and management can best demonstrate their support of the transformation through their actions. ~ Scott M. Graffius

As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it. ~ Andy Hargreaves

Thinking is hard; that's why so few do it. ~ John C. Maxwell

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it. ~ Ignacy Jan Paderewski

The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it. ~ Aeschylus

If you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it. ~ Barbara Boxer

People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only react to it. ~ Stedman Graham

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all legislation. The first, is it constitutional according to the original intent? The second, does it fit the Judeo-Christian Biblical principles that our nation is founded upon? Third, do we need it? Fourth, can we afford it? ~ Paul Broun

A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there is no obligation to be honest about it. ~ George Friedman

The godly are not exempt from trouble but are preserved in it. ~ Johnny Hunt

While CEO of P&G, John Pepper was once asked in an interview which skill or characteristic was most important to look for when hiring new employees. Was it leadership? Analytical ability? Problem solving? Collaboration? Strategic thinking? Or something else? His answer was integrity. He explained, "All the rest, we can teach them after they get here. ~ Paul Smith

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. ~ Marian Anderson

Most people will do just about anything you tell them to do, if you act with authority, give them no choice, and accept the responsibility for their actions. It's kind of scary, isn't it? ~ Ilona Andrews

True leadership is about pulling forth the gold in everyone and believing in people before they deserve it. ~ Michael Brodeur

Many men may see the King in a Kid but it takes a true leader to nurture it ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it. ~ John Kessel

Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors of Aborigines and by government officials and if you become part of that system, it's always difficult to break out of it. ~ Lowitja O'Donoghue

Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it. ~ Julia Gillard

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate insanely when he wins, nor sulk when he loses. He accepts victory professionally, humbly; he hates defeat, but makes no poor display of it. ~ Dan Gable

In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it. ~ Seth Godin

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. ~ Jack Welch

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

The most important aspect of leading is knowing oneself. Know yourself, know the people around you, and then get on with it. ~ Mervyn Davies

When we win on an issue we call it leadership. When we lose, we call it politics. Practicing politics simply means increasing your options for effective results. ~ John Eldred

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it. ~ Harry S. Truman

The thing I'm most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it? ~ Satya Nadella

You have to experience grace to be one who knows how to give it. ~ Johnny Hunt

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. ~ Henry Mintzberg

To ensure that we are leading with our feet firmly planted on the soil of what is, we must live by the seven commandments of current reality:
Thou shalt not pretend.
Though shalt not turn a blind eye.
Thou shalt not exaggerate.
Thou shalt not shoot the bearer of bad news.
Thou shalt not hide behind the numbers.
Thou shalt not ignore constructive criticism.
Thou shalt not isolate thyself.
Attempting to lead while turning a blind eye to reality is like treading water: It can only go on for so long, eventually you will sink. As a next generation leader, be willing to face the truth regardless of how painful it might be. And if you don't like what you see, change it. ~ Andy Stanley

We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it. ~ Debbie Wasserman Schultz

This is one beggar who has found bread telling others where to find it. ~ Johnny Hunt

All your THOUGHTS, are either an 'investment' to your well-being or a 'cost' to your well- being! Are your investments growing or the costs are too high..Think about it ! ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee

If you know what you got and like it, be reluctant to leave it. ~ Johnny Hunt

If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it. ~ Jack Weatherford

Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. ~ Warren G. Bennis

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. ~ Henry A. Kissinger

I feel like, if the guys can look at me in the huddle and see a calm and collected face, that they're going to relax a little bit. The way I look at it, leadership and being that guy is, don't be someone you're not. Don't be a hoorah guy jumping around and clapping your hands if you're not that guy. ~ Matt Flynn

Teachers who don't pull their weight drag down the profession and their colleagues with it. ~ Andy Hargreaves

When your sense of respect for others..
Your humility despite a chance at arrogance..
is MISCONSTRUED, MISUNDERSTOOD AND JUDGED..
Put a stop , pull the brakes..Some people do not deserve it!! ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee

Demand maximum effort from people. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Stop, think and use your brain! Don't' rush through life. Take time to reflect as you define what success means to you. Always remember you are one of a kind! ~ Archibald Marwizi

Relax your fears, let your ambition take the wheel for a while; it'll take you somewhere exciting that you've never been. ~ Noel DeJesus

The young people I teach now know they are being sold down the river before we even start studying the trends and numbers. That's the toughest part of being a high school economics teacher ... being a witness when our children realize that the greatest deficit of all is a deficit of leadership. ~ Kurt Bills

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever. ~ G.K. Chesterton

You can help determine your team's enthusiasm for the change by focusing on the entrance of potential while you are working through the exit of the past. ~ David Cottrell

Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role. ~ Ali Al-Naimi

a mentoring program that pairs new managers with experienced ones. A key facet of this program is that mentors and mentees work together for an extended period of time - eight months. They meet about all aspects of leadership, from career development and confidence building to managing personnel challenges and building healthy team environments. ~ Ed Catmull

Ideal humane leadership begins with a real demonstration of love, continues relating with acceptance of fellow humankind and consciously follows that through with every opportunity. ~ Tracey Bond

The biblical preacher talks about the poor man's wisdom that saved a city but he was immediately forgotten. A poverty of ideas, contributions, uniqueness or influence, will overshadow the visibility of good potential. Keep those ideas flowing and you will not be forgotten. ~ Archibald Marwizi

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they translate that to their people and to their counterparts in other countries. You can fulfill and achieve a great deal if you get along well as individuals, as people, as persons. ~ Salman Khurshid

There are a few things that you can do that will yield better results than doing a whole lot of other things. ~ David Cottrell

True Mentors, don't make their mentees a clone of themselves ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work. ~ Daniel H. Pink

When God brings deep conviction and I agree with Him about my condition, God restores my confidence in Him. ~ Johnny Hunt

Every learner has special needs. ~ Andy Hargreaves

The worst question ever asked, is the one which is never asked. ~ Krishna Saagar

You don't need a title to be a leader, and having a title doesn't make you one. ~ Anthony T. Eaton

Unless you challenge yourself, you cannot grow. Mindful leadership is the art of growing by challenging the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual imposed limits on the self. ~ Amit Ray

The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing toward their own problems. ~ Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

The fear of offense is a really small price to pay for freedom. ~ Andrena Sawyer

We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste of time. There are so many things that we need to do to reform our Parliament and I think it's bigger than that. It's all about the sort of leadership that people are getting at the moment. They're fed up with this sorta day-to-day bickering, not putting the national interest ahead of these narrow partisan interests. ~ Richard Di Natale

A good organization can be destroyed by poor leadership". ~ Peter Smith

I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change ... I'm changing the things I cannot accept. ~ Angela Davis

Attitude creates your world and designs your destiny. ~ Myles Munroe

Leadership vision is built on the leader's authenticity. ~ Pearl Zhu

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. ~ Margaret Thatcher

If I put others first, I will never find myself being last. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system. ~ Stephen Covey