True Leadership Quotes

True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself. ~ Myles Munroe

True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you. ~ David Niven

True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them. ~ J. Oswald Sanders

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

True Leadership is having multiple generations working together successfully and passionately to create significance. ~ Farshad Asl

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

Politics is not leadership. It never has been. It never will be. ~ Richie Norton

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. ~ Bill Owens

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 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 leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title... ~ Angie Morgan

God is not interested in your ability. He is
interested in your availability. When you avail
your ability to God, you become a faithful leader. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

Increasingly, prominent thinkers in the field of leadership studies like Marcus Buckingham are challenging traditional notions of leadership. Their research suggests that 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.4 They believe leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. This shift is good news for women, who often feel obliged to suppress their emotions in the workplace in an attempt to come across as more stereotypically male. And it's also good news for men, who may be doing the exact same thing. I ~ Sheryl Sandberg

The best ever spiritual coach you can ever have is Jesus Christ; our model of true leadership! You can do all things through Christ your and my spiritual coach! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

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

True leadership is a picture, not just words. If you're not leading by example, you're not leading! ~ Jonathan Nettles

True leadership, true and genuine leading requires intelligence, an independent mind, the ability to delay gratification, the ability to think long term, and above all else a spine. ~ Aaron Clarey

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

True leadership is often the mantle of the meek, who are rarely are prepared for such responsibility; which builds character in those who embrace it. ~ M.J. Stoddard

Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others to have, and with responsibility for being certain the people you lead are treated equitably, and with respect. Not an easy task. You can't make other people feel anything, or think anything; you can only try to teach them what you want them to feel and think and why you think they should act accordingly. ~ Laura Weakley

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

A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true. ~ Carol Mann

Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang."
~ Mary Kay ~ Mary Kay Ash

Map out lofty goals ... include reasonable checkpoints along the way ... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals ... . that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success. ~ Steve Maraboli

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

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

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible. ~ George Foreman

True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. ~ J. Oswald Sanders

True leadership is about pulling forth the gold in everyone and believing in people before they deserve it. ~ Michael Brodeur

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

True leadership means to receive power from God and use it under God's rule to serve people in God's way. ~ Leighton Ford

Leader discover themselves through a continuous fellowship and relationship with their sources of their life and wisdom. Self-discovery is the key to true leadership! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

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

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

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. ~ Tony Campolo

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders. ~ Robert Townsend

Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there's usually a lot that remains hidden that's neither exciting nor glamorous. Tennis star Arthur Ashe said, "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost." True leadership is the same. ~ John C. Maxwell

It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it's also true that a word is worth a thousand pictures. ~ Marty Johncox

Art is a true aesthetic synthesis , "a priori" of feeling and image in the intuition, as to which it may be repeated that feeling without image is blind, and image without feeling is void. ~ Benedetto Croce

When it comes to the heart and soul, only the Bible can bring true and lasting changes. ~ Jim George

Encourage don't belittle, embrace their individuality. And show them that no matter what they will always have value if they stay true to themselves. ~ Solange Nicole

Together we are better ~ John Paul Warren

If you can accept the indescribable nature of your true identity, you unveil the mystery of life. ~ Akemi G

In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional. ~ Judith M Bardwick

You assume that my previous sexual encounters were completely fulfilling, but you're wrong. You gave me what I've never had - love and sex together. You're the only one who has ever been my lover in the true sense. ~ Sylvain Reynard

To lead from the front you must get off your behind. ~ Orrin Woodward

Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future. ~ Peter Drucker

One begins by plaguing oneself to no purpose in order to be true to nature, and one concludes by working quietly from one's own palette alone, and then nature is the result. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

I already explained this. I don't like you. True, I don't like most people, but I especially dislike you. I could start my own religion based on how much I dislike you. ~ G.A. Aiken

They say the eyes are the windows to our soul; glass gateways that do little to conceal our true self. Yet, for me, they're also the narrators of our heart and give insight to our well-kept secrets... secrets I wanted to remain hidden. ~ K.M. Golland

Take this story to great heart; read through its' every word; and I hope and pray that in the end, as you enter the last phases of this story, it will move you, touch you profoundly, and guide you to the meaning of True Love. ~ C. David Murphy

Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character. ~ James Hunter

We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids. ~ Wendy Kopp

I wouldn't say philosophy and theology are dead. Brain science doesn't invent new philosophies but it helps remind us which of our existing philosophies are more true. ~ David Brooks

Love is Always Better than Money,Because you can earn everything for your true love but you can never get true love instead of everything you earned ~ Mohsen Ali

Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are doing. You need to passionate about it and love what you're doing. If you don't, there is no way you can sustain the hours, stress and disappointment. There's no way you're going to be able to convince investors, customers and most importantly recruit a world-class team if you not building something you think is going to change the world. ~ Steve Blank

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people. ~ Robert E.Lee

Anyone with an ailment or who wears glasses or anyone slightly different suddenly wears a bull's eye. I think that dodgeball derailed an entire generation of Americans. It's the true red menace. ~ Arthur Jones

To be sociable is a risky thing - even fatal - because it means being in contact with people, most of whom are dull, perverse and ignorant and are really with you only because they cannot bear their own company. Most people bore themselves and greet you not as a true friend but as a distraction - like a dancing dog or some half-wit actor
with a fund of amusing stories. ~ Paul Hoffman

My life is up to me to define. I needed to make my own dreams come true. ~ Kaira Rouda

True happiness comes from helping others who are less fortunate than you. It comes from doing the right thing. Nothing else works. ~ Andrew Peterson

In the metaphysical sense we based the expression "All Power to the People" on the idea of man as God. I have no other God but man, and I firmly believe that man is the highest or chief good. If you are obligated to be true and honest to anyone, it is to your God, and if each man is God, then you must be true to him. If you believe that man is the ultimate being, then you will act according to your belief. Your attitude and behaviour toward man is a kind of religion in itself, with high standards of responsibility. ~ Huey P. Newton

Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers. ~ Seth Godin

The Fawn and His Mother A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?" She smiled, and said: "I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can." No arguments will give courage to the coward. ~ Aesop

But the idols of the Market Place are the most troublesome of all: idols which have crept into the understanding through their alliances with words and names. For men believe that their reason governs words. But words turn and twist the understanding. This it is that has rendered philosophy and the sciences inactive. Words are mostly cut to the common fashion and draw the distinctions which are most obvious to the common understanding. Whenever an understanding of greater acuteness or more diligent observation would alter those lines to suit the true distinctions of nature, words complain. ~ Francis Bacon

Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal anatomy and a poetic anatomy. One, you can see; one, you cannot. One is made of bones and teeth and flesh; the other is made of energy and memory and faith. But they are both equally true. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place. ~ Gin Wigmore

A true friend will never stand in your allotted beam of light. They will get out of the way so you can grow, but they'll stay nearby in case you need what they can offer. ~ Toni Sorenson

Modern man's narrow-mindedness is best shown in his belief that there is no riddle before him. His wisdom is the sum of his knowledge and his ignorance, of which he is not aware, he accepts it as knowledge. Even in the face of the greatest mystery, he behaves self-consciously and conceitedly. He does not even see the problem. It is in this that the true measure of his ignorance and prejudice is manifested. ~ Alija Izetbegovic

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. These may, perhaps, succeed for once, and borrow for awhile, from hope, a gay and flourishing appearance. But time betrays their weakness, and they fall into ruin of themselves. For, as in structures of every kind, the lower parts should have the greatest firmness
so the grounds and principles of actions should be just and true. ~ Demosthenes

He turned the presidency – and the President's House – into something it had not been before: a center of curiosity and inquiry, of vibrant institution that played informal but important roles in the broader life of the nation, from science to literature. ~ Jon Meacham

Good call. A second drag and your next stop's the wastepaper basket - and not to toss your kleenex, true. ~ J.R. Ward

Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that ... it is often cited by the oppressors. ~ Nicholas D. Kristof

Ask yourself a simple question. Do you want to keep playing, offence and defense included, for the rest of your life? Is this what you are marrying for? If answer is no, then stay away from Sporting Demons. If somehow the answer is yes or you, yourself, are a sporting demon then go ahead ... But don't come complaining if the game goes too far or too crappier to handle. ~ Gracia Hunter

The church is not simply a religious body looking for a safe place to do its own thing within a wider political or social world. The church is neither more nor less than people who bear witness, by their very existence and in particular their holiness and their unity (Colossians 3), that Jesus is the world's true lord, ridiculous or even scandalous though this may seem. ~ N. T. Wright

Their disbelief doesn't make your dream any less true. You're a dreamer. And will be. Forever. ~ Sarvesh Jain

There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection. ~ Seth