Leadership Characteristic Quotes

The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself, then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others. This is the ultimate test of leadership. ~ John C. Maxwell

I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: we can transmit it to others. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

That's the burden of leadership, Logan: making the choice when none of the choices are good. ~ Brent Weeks

I saw the figure of 178 Billion wasted/stolen from the people of a country by its corrupt and inept government. Such a figure could truly transform the entire country; education, health, roads, schooling, entrepreneurial environment ... of millions of people, rather than be secreted away as a few more 0000's in global bank accounts for the greeders.
We need to Rethink Public Service, Values, Ethics and Leadership. ~ Tony Dovale

Don't believe everything you think. Our minds are thought-creating machines. Most of these thoughts are fear-based. Our authentic self has the power to pick the thoughts that best serve us and those we lead. ~ Henna Inam

Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship ~ Thomas Fuller

It's not just picking the right friends. It is being the right friend. ~ John Paul Warren

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not. ~ Ron Kind

Why Me? Why You? Why His? Why Hers, Why Mine? or Why Theirs? It should be We and Ours. ~ Caroline Anthonypillai

Someday daughters will be trained just as sons by their parents to assume leadership positions. There are the exceptions today where a daughter assumes leadership over a state or corporation, but those are still exceptions today. A shame since women have overtaken men in being the dominant consumers and decision makers in the family. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Raising a Strong Woman Leader ~ Kailin Gow

You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen. ~ Ban Ki-moon

Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth. ~ Victor Hugo

Leadership isn't just about giving orders. A fool can give orders. A leader listens. He changes his mind. He acknowledges mistakes. ~ Brian Staveley

Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will," or "I will not," and mean it? ~ John William Heisman

Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. ~ Max De Pree

You choose the leaders and place them strategically around the table of your vision and mission. They are already around you because of some degree of loyalty, so if you continue putting 80% effort in enhancing loyalty that already exists, you will end up going into overkill and igniting a toxic level of internal office politics that was not originally existent in your organisation. ~ Archibald Marwizi

Pantheism differs from the systems of belief constituting the main religions of the world in being comparatively free from any limits of period, climate, or race. For while what we roughly call the Egyptian Religion, the Vedic Religion, the Greek Religion, Buddhism, and others of similar fame have been necessarily local and temporary, Pantheism has been, for the most part, a dimly discerned background, an esoteric significance of many or all religions, rather than a "denomination" by itself. The best illustration of this characteristic of Pantheism is the catholicity of its great prophet Spinoza. For he felt so little antagonism to any Christian sect, that he never urged any member of a church to leave it, but rather encouraged his humbler friends, who sought his advice, to make full use of such spiritual privileges as they appreciated most. ~ J. ALLANSON PICTON

Find your own authentic leadership style; your own unique way of listening to, helping and engaging with your front line. Challenge the often formidable psychological distance between basement and boardroom. Your people will thank you, and so will your customers. ~ Chris Van Gorder

Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters. ~ Harold Holzer

Simply recognizing the need for change does not define leadership. The leader is the one who has the courage to act on what he sees ... A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act on what he sees, to speak up when everyone else is silent. ~ Andy Stanley

If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader. ~ Debasish Mridha

If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused. ~ John Howard Griffin

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists. ~ Sherry Turkle

I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all people, a leader of women? It says something profound about leadership - and, if anything - what it says about followers is not very flattering at all. ~ Christina Engela

Having margins in your life strips away external voices and allows that person to remember and honor the true self within. ~ Angela Lynne Craig

Malicious or not, strong leaders always attract others. ~ Richelle Mead

Moving forward implies MOTION when in all actuality it may be simply standing STILL and seeing the salvation of the Lord. ~ John Paul Warren

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

Economic history shows us a continual increase in the demand for money. The characteristic feature of the development of the demand for money is its intensification; the growth of division of labour and consequently of exchange transactions, which have constantly become more and more indirect and dependent on the use of money, have helped to bring this about, as well as the increase of population and prosperity. ~ Ludwig Von Mises

When you know every well what to do and how to do it, your attitude determines how well you will have it done! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning. ~ Simone De Beauvoir

As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership. ~ Amit Ray

When our children are hopeless, we are the light that shines brightly to renew their hope. Our love and actions are the hope that floats to restore what was lost and to renew strength that they never imagined existing. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Self Care is the secret ingredient to Soldier care in a recipe that yields many servings of effective leadership. ~ Donavan Nelson Butler

Serving God should elevate our level of excellence in every part of our lives. ~ Brad Lomenick

Courage! Do not fall back. ~ Joan Of Arc

Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society. ~ Christine Pelosi

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

The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle. ~ Richard M. Nixon

This night he was a king before he was a man. At this time, this troubled me. Later, I would have cause to wish it were always so. ~ Geraldine Brooks

When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what is pure and true within humanity: a statement of belief backed by ideas for change betterment, a call to those immutable values wherein lie the potential greatness of people individually and collectively? Such exhortation, such leadership is lamentably scarce. ~ Michael Short

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma. Jefferson had a remarkable capacity to marshal ideas and to move men, to balance the inspirational and the pragmatic. To realize his vision, he compromised and improvised. The willingness to do what he needed to do in a given moment makes him an elusive historical figure. Yet in the real world ... his creative flexibility made him a transformative leader. ~ Jon Mecham

Don't do things or act out your posture and gestures to impress people, just be yourself and portray the confident 'you' with that high self-esteem. So relax because you are 'you'. Be sincere, be authentic. That will be impressive enough. ~ Archibald Marwizi

When your team member makes a request, take it seriously. Those who make an effort of asking cares about your organisation, those who don't ask don't care. ~ Janna Cachola

We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow. ~ Iris Origo

No one is charismatic. Someone becomes charismatic in history, socially. The question for me is once again the problem of humility. If the leader discovers that he is becoming charismatic not because of his or her qualities but because mainly he or she is being able to express the expectations of a great mass of people, then he or she is much more of a translator of the aspirations and dreams of the people, instead of being the creator of the dreams. In expressing the dreams, he or she is recreating these dreams. If he or she is humble, I think that the danger of power would diminish. ~ Myles Horton

Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility. ~ Wendy Kopp

The 'crazy' thing about life is...
People keep 'imprisoning' themselves in the name of 'freedom'.. ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee