Serving Leader Quotes

If you want to do something that really changes someone's life, the best thing you can do is make the person you're trying to help a participant in the process. ~ John Stahl-Wert

The key is selecting the right people to join the team, those with the right skills and values, those who embrace our purpose. ~ Ken Jennings

By putting others first the Serving Leader is able to catalyze the creation of high- performance teams. ~ Ken Jennings

The leader turns the pyramid onto its head in order to serve others. ~ Ken Jennings

The more you teach your people to not need you, the greater your value. ~ John Stahl-Wert

When a leader keeps personal ego in check it builds the confidence and self-esteem of others. ~ Ken Jennings

The theory of servant leadership is vital, but it's the active Serving Leader that makes the critical difference. ~ Ken Jennings

Getting your ego out of the way has an even deeper organizational impact. ~ Ken Jennings

To serve the many, you first serve the few. ~ Ken Jennings

A Serving Leader who creates a powerful churn of productivity needs a team that can put itself at the service of others. ~ John Stahl-Wert

Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication. ~ Rowan Williams

Leaders never have to ask the people to, 'Come follow me.' The people believe just by watching his lead. ~ Marc Marcel

[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head! ~ Elizabeth I

Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader. ~ Jim Talent

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. ~ Kofi Annan

Hijack Leader: [cradling wrist where Eli has severed his hand] What are you standing around for? Kiss him!
Hijacker: What'd he say?
Eli: He's in shock. I think he meant Kill Him. ~ Book Of Eli Movie

I don't need some jerk like Romney, Santorum, Obama, Bush, Clinton or the rest of them telling me that they're my leaders. They couldn't lead me across the street. ~ Gerald Celente

He who becomes his most truthful self, becomes the leader for everyone else. ~ Nikki Rowe

Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader. ~ Maya Banks

..."the unpredictability of war - that once the first shots are fired or first bombs fall, as Churchill said, the political leader loses control. Events are in the saddle. It seems that every war is begun with the assumptions it will be short. In nearly every instance, going back far into history, that assumption has been wrong. And so it happened again in Iraq and Afghanistan, as swift and successful regime changes gave way to long and bloody conflicts. In light of history, how could anyone have been surprised that our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan took unanticipated turns? ~ Robert M. Gates

When you serve people, God will send people to bless you ~ Sunday Adelaja

God is the leader of your team. As you follow Him with all your heart, you will be leading your team in Jesus' steps. ~ Jim George

As tall as Mount Everest. As quiet as a lamb. As unending as power in the hands of the African leader. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides. ~ Bill Courtney

I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I will be known as 'Dallas' starring Larry Hagman and the cast.' And at this point in my career - I was in my mid to late 30s - I thought, 'Now is the time when it's hottest for me to go out and establish my thing.' ~ Patrick Duffy

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role. ~ Assata Shakur

Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help other countries in need. Foreign aid is essential to protecting U.S. interests around the world, and it is also a moral responsibility of the wealthiest, most powerful nation. ~ Patrick Leahy

Cause we they leaders, and they the followers
And we the nut-busters and they the swallowers' ~ Kanye West

There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity ... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future. ~ Marcus Buckingham

Scourge himself was killed by Firestar, leader of ThunderClan and Tigerstar's chief opponent. ~ Erin Hunter

One giver is greater than a thousand takers.
One earner is greater than a thousand beggars.
One achiever is greater than a thousand quitters.
One performer is greater than a thousand complainers.

One learner is greater than a thousand teachers.
One creator is greater than a thousand imitators.
One leader is greater than a thousand followers.
One thinker is greater than a thousand dreamers.

One conqueror is greater than a thousand warriors.
One master is greater than a thousand amateurs.
One encourager is greater than a thousand haters.
One victor is greater than a thousand failures. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving. ~ Merrick Garland

Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand. ~ John C. Maxwell

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all. ~ Vince Lombardi

We need a leader, not a reader. ~ Herman Cain

The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority. ~ W. Edwards Deming

He [Mikhail Gorbachev] has, as many great leaders have, impressive eyes ... There's a kind of laser-beam stare, a forced quality, you get from Gorbachev that does not come across as something peaceful within himself. It's the look of a kind of human volcano, or he'd probably like to describe it as a human nuclear energy plant. ~ Dan Rather

Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities. ~ Nina Garcia

Consider the whole thing as occupational therapy. Power as cottage industry for the mad. The shepherd is slave to the sheep. A gardener is in thrall to his carrots. Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over. You've seen it a thousand times. We create a leader by locating one in the crowd who is standing up. This may well be because there are no chairs or because his knees are fused by arthritis. It doesn't matter. We designate this victim as a 'stand-up guy' by the simple expedient of sitting down around him. ~ Katherine Dunn

Can't pick and choose when you're gonna be a leader. If you're gonna be it - gotta do it every day. ~ Rajon Rondo

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need.
You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing ~ Carlos Ghosn

Throughout his many years, he enriched the lives of countless others and served as a model of generosity and discipline to those he met, fostering an atmosphere of compassion, harmony, and unity. Sri Chinmoy was a leader, humanitarian, artist, athlete, and public servant who will be sorely missed. His legacy of kindness, reflection, and resolve will endure for many years to come. ~ William J. Clinton

Our greatest limitation isn't the leader of the lives; it is the spirit within us. ~ John F. MacArthur Jr.

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee. ~ Jack Ma

When they return home from serving our country, our National Guard and Reserve members shouldn't have to be confronted with red tape in order to access the benefits they've earned fighting for our country. ~ Kirsten Gillibrand

Your calling is in your difference and uniqueness ~ Sunday Adelaja

I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask your prayers for leaders from both parties. I thank you for your prayers for me and my family, and I ask you to pray for Vice President Gore and his family. ~ George W. Bush

Liberals habitually work themselves into a lather about the antics of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, but they are really just political gargoyles looking for ratings as they whip up the GOP faithful. The true danger lies in an ostensibly neutral journalism that most Americans count on to tell them what is going on in the world but which too often acts as a stenographer for powerful and self-serving factions in government operating under a cloak of anonymity. ~ Mike Lofgren