Pacesetting Leader Quotes

He thought of how convincingly he could describe this scene to friends and make them envy the fullness of his contentment. Why couldn't he convince himself? He had everything he'd ever wanted. He had wanted superiority
and for the last year he had been the undisputed leader of his profession. He had wanted fame
and he had five thick albums of clippings. He had wanted wealth
and he had enough to insure luxury for the rest of his life. He had everything anyone ever wanted. How many people struggled and suffered to achieve what he had achieved? How many dreamed and bled and died for this, without reaching it? ~ Ayn Rand

Democrats' attack on the Republican majority leader is nothing but a coordinated agenda to stop an effective leader from accomplishing the people's business. ~ Bill Shuster

I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful leader. ~ Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

Is there no spiritual leader during this decline - no one to chastise the sinners and bring hope to the disheartened? Although ~ Anonymous

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders. ~ Young Jeezy

The Christian life doesn't work because we are such great followers. It works because Christ is such a great Leader. ~ David McGee

A next-generation innovation writer and thought leader worth watching. ~ Scott D. Anthony

Muqtada leads the only real mass movement in Iraq. It's a mass movement of the Shia, who are 60 percent of the population, and of poor Shia - and most Shia are poor. Otherwise the place is full of sort of self-declared leaders, many of whom spend most of their time outside Iraq. ~ Patrick Cockburn

A leader must have a servant's heart. And if he has a servant's heart, he will act like a servant and react like a servant when he is treated like a servant. ~ Wayne Mack

To know that children are suffering and going without food is intolerable in a society such as ours. I hope that all our leaders, in both the public and private sectors, will work tirelessly to eradicate hunger. We all have a responsibility to bring back life to our most precious natural resource. ~ Joan Lunden

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things. ~ Jose Maria Aznar

I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more. ~ Nick Clegg

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all. ~ Laozi

If you want leaders, you must become a leader yourself! ~ John C. Maxwell

I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it. ~ Lacey Sturm

If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice at a risk. Then that builds up your stock of credibility so that, when you speak on another occasion about a different thing, people will pay attention. ~ Desmond Tutu

I'm not ruling. I never ruled. I have one vote and I'm the leader of the party. I've always had a vote on the central committee. I always had more influence than that one vote. I'll admit that. ~ Huey Newton

An interesting side effect of the battle was that Ender emerged at the top of the soldier efficiency list. Since he hadn't fired a shot, he had a perfect record on shooting - no misses at all. And since he had never been eliminated or disabled, his percentage there was excellent. No one else came close. It made a lot of boys laugh, and others were angry, but on the prized efficiency list, Ender was now the leader. ~ Orson Scott Card

They had a leader. Some rebel. Shite! I don't remember his name. You know me and names. He was a dickhead and everybody says so. And old Bitch Tits kicked him down here. He started some rebellion." "Lucifer?" "That's the one. Lucifer. They prayed to Lucifer. ~ Clive Barker

Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path. ~ Confucius

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

7542There where is Love, Trust Will Be the Leader. ~ Jan Jansen

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower. ~ Oleg Cassini

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. ~ Kofi Annan

The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over. ~ J. Richard Clarke

A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others. ~ John C. Maxwell

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. ~ Mark Skousen

So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy. ~ Ed Bradley

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. ~ Robert Reich

Power dynamic operates in emotional contagion, determining which person's brain will more forcefully draw the other into its emotional orbit. Mirror neurons are leadership tools: Emotions flow with special strength from the more socially dominant person to the less. One reason is that people in any group naturally pay more attention to and place more significance on what the most powerful person in that group says and does. That amplifies the force of whatever emotional message the leader may be sending, making her emotions particularly contagious. As I heard the head of a small organization say rather ruefully, When my mind is full of anger, other people catch it like the flu. ~ Daniel Goleman

Those who like to command and control others are always scared of their authority been challenged or criticized. ~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason. ~ Johnny Vegas

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons. ~ James MacGregor Burns

God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then you know someone came by and put it there. In the same way, God gives leadership according to His good pleasure. ~ Matt Chandler

I didn't set out to become a leader, so I always come back to my first lesson - just do it. If you're the first one out there actively doing something to solve a problem then you'll naturally fall into a leadership role. ~ Ellen Sandell

I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I've been twice a government secretary, I've been leader of a parliamentary group, I am an economist. ~ Josefina Vazquez Mota

To find a pool of lawyers from whom to choose, solicit referrals from other professionals you know or deal with - an accountant, banker or business leader. Check out Bar Association listings as well, and don't neglect Internet research. ~ Laura Wasser

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

To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head. ~ John C. Maxwell