Outstanding Leadership Quotes

It is absolutely necessary ... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. ~ George Washington

I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be. ~ Warren G. Bennis

The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you? ~ Mark Sanborn

I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

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

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for. ~ Simon Sinek

Serving is the best kind of Leading. ~ Todd Stocker

Anybody who leads with hate, is not fit for leadership. ~ Jeanette Coron

Start local, think global & constantly raise the bar of excellence. ~ Onyi Anyado

Brainpower is our inner genius that craves to radiate creativity, positivity, hope, and ideas for the greater good of our real self and the world. ~ Prem Jagyasi

When the world lacks muscular and wise American leadership, it devolves into total chaos, which, in turn, produces unspeakable evils. ~ Monica Crowley

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor. ~ Condoleezza Rice

How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it. ~ Stephen Covey

When leaders are worthy of respect, the people are willing to work for them. When their virtue is worthy of admiration, their authority can be established. ~ Huananzi

We do not see the world as it is. We see the word as we are. ~ Anais Nin

In every siutation , there is a FINE LINE between what is right and what is not so right.THAT is the MOMENT when one has to stop and look which way to go!! These MAGICAL MOMENTS determine the DIRECTION of our lives ! ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee

The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their own visions and who will recognise clearly that we are only at the beginning of the voyage, and have to learn an entirely new system of seamanship. ~ Hendrik Willem Van Loon

The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private enterprise, economic policy almost wholly surrendered to special interests. ~ Russell Kirk

Change in leadership brands must be influenced and proactively effected at a personal level, it can never be forced from outside with sustainable effectiveness. Saddam Hussein, Muammar al Gaddafi and Hosni Mubarak are all political trophies, yet the effects of the military or "civil" initiatives that toppled them, are nothing to be proud of considering what continues to happen in countries like Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria, after the use of force to bring political change. ~ Archibald Marwizi

We have to recognize that however smart we are, we're not smarter than everyone else combined ... We can't lose sight of the fact that no matter how important our own contributions are, we couldn't have gotten anywhere without the help and hard work of lots of other people. ~ James M. Kouzes

Respect is not an obligation nor a favour, it takes a bigger person to give or show some whether it is returned or not. ~ Unarine Ramaru

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy. ~ Julia Louis-Dreyfus

You have to imprint your own style. People like authentic personalities. ~ Dexter Hawk

Defining a job candidate who is a "cultural fit" is about the person being open minded, looks for the positive in others and knowing that life is too short to focus on differences. When interviewing someone, I ask them to describe something they are proud of and why. The best answers are a challenge they overcame using a unique approach. ~ Tom Golway

You cannot evaluate the effectiveness of an objective, if you cannot comprehend the blueprint of the vision. ~ Wayne Chirisa

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end. ~ Lane Kirkland

Beginning to work your plan means movement and action. The success of your movements and actions can only be guaranteed if they are well calculated. ~ Archibald Marwizi

I think there are lots of ways to exercise ambition and accomplish things using leadership without going into elected politics. So, categorically, I have no intention of going into elected politics. None. ~ Chris Hadfield

At the end of the day let their be no regrets, only a desire to do more tomorrow than you did today. ~ Noel DeJesus

Too many in the Church today are likes babies in the nursery,they put everything in their mouth. ~ John Paul Warren

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. ~ J. Paul Getty

Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year. ~ John R. Dallas Jr.

Anytime you commit sin and God deals with you, you have the opportunity to confess it. If you don't confess it, you only have one option but to cover it up. ~ Johnny Hunt

To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality. ~ Vince Lombardi

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests. ~ Myles Munroe

I am a congenital optimist about America, but I worry that American democracy is exhibiting fatal symptoms. DC has become an acronym for Dysfunctional Capital: a swamp in which partisanship has grown poisonous, relations between the White House and Congress have paralyzed basic functions like budgets and foreign agreements, and public trust in government has all but disappeared. These symptoms are rooted in the decline of a public ethic, legalized and institutionalized corruption, a poorly educated and attention-deficit-driven electorate, and a 'gotcha' press - all exacerbated by digital devices and platforms that reward sensationalism and degrade deliberation. Without stronger and more determined leadership from the president and a recovery of a sense of civic responsibility among the governing class, the United States may follow Europe down the road of decline. ~ Graham Allison

Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide behind his too-appropriate order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshalled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind. ~ Orson Scott Card

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

A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls. ~ Larry Crabb

Remember all missional advancement always engages missional resistance. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Paul Davies takes us on a logically and rhetorically compelling modern search for human agency. This outstanding analysis, well informed by naturalistic views of our evolved affective nature, is the kind of philosophical work that is essential for a field to move forward when ever-increasing findings from modern science are inconsistent with traditional philosophical arguments. This book is for all who wish to immerse themselves in the modern search for free will. It is steeped in the rich liqueur of current scientific and philosophical perspectives and delusions. ~ Jaak Panksepp

If you have an offense against me, do you know you can't repent of my sin? You can only plead your own personal pardon at the throne of God. ~ Johnny Hunt

Procrastination at the start and sometimes during the project meant there wasn't time to execute the plans well enough. ~ Graham Speechley

It's true, we are a highly professional force and we can produce highly lethal fighting forces, but I defy you to find more dedicated humanitarians or better friends when the chips are down. ~ Ken Gillespie

While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself, leadership maturity means considering others before yourself. ~ John C. Maxwell

The change "grief cycle", for some people, may be excitement, enthusiasm, engagement, effort, and excellence. ~ Paul Gibbons

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family. ~ Leonard Slatkin

Seminary is for men who are seriously considering the ministry; it is a place where a man may test his gifts and calling in the service of the Word...Uncertainty about a call to the ministry may indicate with certainty a call to theological training. Even when God does not call a man to pastoral work, he often leads through seminary study to other ministries of teaching and to informed leadership in the work of the church. ~ Edmund P. Clowney