True Leader Quotes

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ~ Charles De Gaulle

A true leader always feels that it's truly wise to be considered a fool by those who are not actually nice, and actually not nice to be considered a wise by those who are truly fools. ~ Anuj

To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures of the social order. In this light, there is no true leadership without putting at risk one's time, wealth, reputation, and position. ~ James Davison Hunter

And I pray that you no longer seek happiness from the past, but rather you set your sails forward, to a land that is pure and wonderful. I pray that you no longer stare into the shallows of empty promises, but that you dive into the depth of an ocean of guarantees. May you feel the winds of hope, and smell the scent of joy, may your heart be alive again as it was meant to be. For you are with a better captain, you are with a true sailor, a true leader; You are sailing with Christ, and He is always sure to lead us home. ~ T.B. LaBerge

Jesus, by example, tells us that every true leader should be a helper, a servant, or even a bondslave. This is a command, not a suggestion, and applies with special force to leaders. ~ Billy Graham

In the popular image, a problem-solving leader is a solitary genius, but the true leader prefers to produce a success. ~ Gerald M. Weinberg

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. ~ J. Oswald Sanders

Bill Clinton has been a true leader of the western world. He has been a friend and a counsel to me and other leaders right around the world. ~ Tony Blair

A true leader is the one who leaves memorable footprints of nobility. A leader who is decisive enough and have all the guts to take bold and frank decisions regardless of the oppositions and the temporal adverse effect of such decision on the masses, knowing that in the end, the fruits of such decision will be sweeter enough to put joy on the faces of the masses and they shall remember such noble footprints and ponder in humility. ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands. ~ Peter Cosgrove

A true leader invokes the desire to follow in those being led. ~ Reverend Joaquin R. Larriba

A true leader inspires by being among the people,
not above them. ~ Lynda Cheldelin Fell

A true leader doesn't lead it's pack but gets followed by those who respect. ~ Noa.C.Kings

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership. ~ Chinua Achebe

A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can easily assume that either he has not challenged his abilities as a leader by making a decision that creates a split between the people, or he is forcing his subjects to bow before him. ~ Evan Meekins

A compassionate government does not need to pay too much attention to those who don't have needs. True leadership is to fulfill a need of the needy. People who have needs need attention indeed! Be a true leader! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things we are afraid of doing. ~ Robert Kiyosaki

A true leader is one who creates a favourable environment to bring out the energy and ability of his team. A great leader creates more great leaders, and does not reduce the institution to a single person. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

A true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart. ~ Evan Meekins

A true leader always leads by example, by demonstrating to others how the work is done. Sri Krishna, being a great spiritual leader of his time, also chose to perform certain worldly activities. Why? He explains, "If ever I cease to be vigilantly engaged in action, then people would follow my footsteps in every way and no one would perform action."28 The life of Krishna is marked by ordinariness. He did the earthly job of cow herding, and also indulged in romancing, dancing and playing the flute. He demonstrated a life for others to emulate. He led a balanced life with his strengths as well as frailties. His life was, therefore, not extraordinary. He was not an epitome of perfection. He showed others how to lead a normal, worldly life by himself performing all the actions and yet drifting away from it by reaching for higher ideals. ~ Nihar Satpathy

A true leader leads his people from the front and if he falls into a pit the people will surely not follow. ~ Amit Abraham

The difference between a dictator and a true leader, is in intention. Given enough resources anybody can manipulate the minds of the masses and become their chosen authority, for the masses rarely look past the veil of the candidate's charm. And this is more evident today than ever, as a psychologically unfit misogynistic bully has swayed his way into the oval office with nothing but charm and charisma. So, basically we live in a society where a bully can become the authority of a great nation, the history of which is filled with true leaders who were the forerunners of humanitarian glory and real progress - these leaders were not simply the leaders of a country, or a party, but they were and still remain in the heart of the civilized humans as the leaders of humanity. They were the torch-bearers of egalitarianism and their light spread across the globe and touched countless lives with the warmth of humaneness. They lived among the masses but they didn't let the prejudices of the masses become their own, let alone infect the masses with more prejudices, unlike today's so-called leadership in America. They made America truly a great nation, by turning it into a symbol of liberty and acceptance, and today that very greatness is at stake, as the primitive evils of prejudices and discriminations have once again begun to creep into its backbone, through the words and actions of its very so-called leader. This is not a threat to democracy, for democracy itself at our current evolut ~ Abhijit Naskar

Leadership is not a matter of authority, it is a matter of influence. A true leader teaches others to understand more, motivates them to be more and inspires them to become more. ~ Michael Josephson

The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations ~ Haile Selassie

The true leader makes each team member twice the person they were before. ~ Leonard Sweet

Leaders lead the way and people follow them to achieve the desired goal. If we assume the business a ship, then a leader acts as the captain. Being a prolific leader, Aman Mehndiratta has proved the definition of a true leader. He leads, motivates, commands and sails with the co-workers, apart from throwing orders only. ~ Aman Mehndiratta

Don't be a pleaser of people just because of the fear of the losing your position. You cease to be a true leader when you do so! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. ~ Daisaku Ikeda

True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect. ~ Stephen Covey

A true leader is a person whose influence inspires people to do what is expected of them to do. You cease to be a leader when you manipulate with your egos instead of convincing by your inspirations. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

A true leader is someone who can turn people from followers into leaders ~ Sunday Adelaja

Your character and attitude is what takes the lead in your leadership role and you follow them as a true leader. Poor character and attitude is eventually poor leadership. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

What we are looking for, I am afraid, is neither a true leader nor a true Messiah, but a false Messiah - a man who will give us over-simplified answers, who will justify our ways, who will castigate our enemies, who will vindicate our selfishness as a way of life and make us comfortable within our prejudices and preconceptions. ~ Sydney J. Harris

LEADERSHIP
A true leader is one who creates leaders, not followers. ~ Sirshree

Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. ~ Jesse Jackson

A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations. ~ Alan Loy McGinnis

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader. ~ Robert Kiyosaki

A true leader should have the power to begin, the eloquence to communicate, the patience to execute and the wisdom to evaluate. Without one, he remains a slave to he who possesses it. ~ Charbel Tadros

Amongst many qualities of a true leader, he is a successful manager who has mastered the art of people management. ~ Rehan Waris

A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. ~ Eric Ludy

The true leader is always led. ~ C. G. Jung

Grover?" he murmured. "I'm here, Leneus." Grover was blinking back tears, despite all the horrible things Leneus had said about him. " Did ... did we win?" "Um ... yes," he lied. "Thanks to you, Leneus. We drove the enemy away." "Told you," the old satyr mumbled. "True leader. True ... " He closed his eyes for the last time. ~ Rick Riordan

A thought is truly sought only if it has got, in latent or potent form, the strength of 'WE' which sounds as 'V' that stands for 'VICTORY', and so it reflects the power of a true leader who as writer or speaker involves everyone alike at the same level. ~ Anuj

A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

A true leader stands up for his own beliefs and convictions,a business man follows public opinions and market researches. ~ Kamil Toume

A true leader does not derive power from his position, but from his ethics, from people's love for him, and from his knowledge, education and excellence in his field of work. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I had the honor to meet Geraldine Ferraro on a few occasions over the years at the DNC and what struck me was how she managed to be both gutsy and graceful at the same time. Without a doubt she was a trailblazer who not only stepped outside the box but who dared to redefine it. I always left her presence with the sense that she truly knew what she was talking about but that she never felt the need to browbeat you with it - instead she inspired people to listen and then act, and to me thats the hallmark of a true leader. ~ Adrienne Maloof

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone, even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone. Singleness can give us the kind of backbone - courage, confidence, and leadership skills that an effective Christian must learn. ~ Leslie Ludy

A true leader sticks up for his followers. ~ Auliq Ice

The purpose of a true leader should be to create a world which does not need leaders. ~ Abhijit Naskar

What angers me are all those kings who are fabled for the heaps of gold in their coffers, and their freedom from trouble and pain. I have a different vision. I say that the true leader shuns luxury and ease. Once in power, he should want to work harder than ever. ~ Xenophon

The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people. ~ Vladimir Lenin

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed ... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. ~ Sheryl Sandberg

He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could carry, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his follows to keep up. ~ Malcolm X

The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one's replacement and to begin mentoring him or her. ~ Myles Munroe

A group of sheep led by a tiger can defeat a group of tigers led by a sheep. ~ Amit Kalantri

True leaders are born when you find something to die for ~ Myles Munroe

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

A true leader produces more leaders. ~ Zig Ziglar

Sign of a true leader - shares the knowledge with smile ... ~ Adil Adam Memon

These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory. ~ Sheri L. Dew

A true leader never puts his ego ahead of his assets. ~ Neal Shusterman

Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done. ~ Reince Priebus

A true leader is one who accepts defeat in the same way he accepts winning. ~ Abdulazeez Henry Musa

People aren't things to be molded; they are lives to be unfolded. And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential. ~ Rick Warren

Two main definitions of a true leader; His presence is noticed and his absence is felt ... ! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The soldier in the field and the crew member aboard a warship inevitably see a war from a limited perspective. Their goal is to carry out their mission or their appointed task, and trust that their commanders are aware of the larger situation and the vast matrix of facts, positions, options, and dangers. Leadership is a role and a task that should never be aspired to lightly. Neither should loyalty be given without reason. Even if the primary reason is nothing more than the soldier's oath and duty, a true leader will work to prove worthy of a deeper trust.
But leadership and loyalty are both two-bladed weapons. Each can be twisted from its intended purpose. The consequences are never pleasant. ~ Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

A journey to make real impact that changes lives, give meaning to life and living, and turns vision of the masses into realities demands a true focus, an utmost zeal and robustness and an unfailing tenacity to do whatever necessary within the powers and reach of a true leader, and with all needed dexterity, wit and wisdom, to make real impact have a meaning and give real liberation to the masses! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When you focus on how people feel about what they are saying, you increase the level of true concern you have for others. You actually start to become the person you thought you were pretending to be: a true leader! ~ Garrison Wynn

The world needs a true leader, an Obama that promotes peace and understanding in the world. ~ Hugo Chavez

A true leader inspires and empowers others to hope more, dream more, do more, and live more. ~ Debasish Mridha

I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church. ~ Pope Theodoros II

True leadership is measured by what happens after you die. ~ Myles Munroe

A true Leader does not point fingers
A true Leader does not assign blame
A true Leader does not celebrate the mistakes of others
A true Leader points you in the right direction
A true Leader assigns praise however meager the task
A true Leader celebrates the accomplishments of his team
I true Leader Leads. ~ Mark W. Boyer

True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions. ~ Dave Ramsey

A true leader is responsible for his followers who have reposed their faith in his leadership. If an ordinary man fails, it is a personal failure. But when a leader fails, he shatters the entire ideologies, principles and morale of all those who followed him. The impact is much bigger and stakes are higher. ~ Awdhesh Singh

Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be. ~ Andre Maurois

Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires. ~ Jackson Katz

A true leader is a man who can get people to work together on the points on which they agree and who can persuade others that when they disagree there are peaceful methods to settle their differences. ~ Doris Kearns Goodwin

Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood. ~ Tasha Smith

Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the essence of their people. A people without heroes is a people without leaders, for only a heroic leader is a true leader able to withstand the challenge of difficult times. ~ Rudolf Hess

Time for a new business model for the 21st century. For starters, retire that outdated and creepy clown. You can be a true leader by stop exploiting children. I guarantee the millennials market you're after will reward you for it. I know the public health world will applaud you, starting with myself. ~ Michele Simon

It's not always true that all the world's a stage. Sometimes it's a boxing ring. Right now I had a ringside seat at the Windjammer restaurant in Etonville, New Jersey. ~ Suzanne M. Trauth

My life will be what I make it," he told her. "That is true for all of us all the time. We cannot know what the future will bring or how the events of the future will make us feel. We cannot even plan and feel any certainty that our most carefully contrived plans will be put into effect. Could I have predicted what happened to me in the Peninsula? Could you have predicted what happened to you in Cornwall? But those things happened to us nevertheless. And they changed our plans and our dreams so radically that we both might have been excused for giving up, for never planning or dreaming again, for never living again. That too is a choice we all have to make. ~ Mary Balogh

It must sound, I know, as if I had no pity for him; it wasn't true. I was angry because I was terrified. But there are times when a curse is more bracing than an endearment. ~ Jacqueline Carey

I love you to the moon and bed. ~ C.J. Carlyon

Take full control by creating a life of true bliss through utilising the Power of The Heart. ~ Steven Redhead

Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be. ~ Henri Nouwen

My intent was to write a story that would become a true legend, so it was important to me to present Holly Claus's story as a legend, a fantasy that would become a part of the culture…
a tradition…a classic. I want Holly's story to endure for generations."
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Brittney Ryan ~ Brittney Ryan

True Love is never ending bond without any contract between the deep feelings of two peoples.True Love gives you a direction to understand the feelings of others. When you in True Love your purity is beyond words because the interaction between two pure souls can't be describe. ~ Deshwal Sachin

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness. ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

Dear reader, true religion is not gloomy. ~ Fanny Fern

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story. ~ Wendy Davis

I give her the only honest and true answer I have.
You're where I want to be. ~ Simone Elkeles

Every story has a true name. I wish this story's name could be different, but nothing will change it. This story is The Book of You. ~ Claire Kendal

Shifters mate for life. We have one true mate and when we meet, we know immediately. By scent. Instinct. You are mine. ~ Tamara Hoffa

The sentence 'snow is white' is true if, and only if, snow is white. ~ Alfred Tarski

And when it comes down to it, you realize that no one is really capable of thinking of anyone else, even in the worst misfortune. Because thinking about someone really means thinking about that person minute by minute, not being distracted by anything – not housework, not a fly passing, not meals, not an urge to scratch oneself. But there are always flies and itches. This is why life is hard to live. And these people know that very well. ~ Albert Camus

But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said what he felt. He wanted to change the rules [of chess] already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorisation and prearrangement. It's a terrible game now. Very uncreative. ~ Bobby Fischer