The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
Become a Great Leader: Quotes to Guide You - page 15
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
Buck Rodgers
Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
Part of the role of a thought leader is not to necessarily have all the answers - I certainly don't - but it's to be able to ask the right questions and the privilege of being able to lead the conversation.
Michael Hyatt
With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.
John McGraw
The Western societies which espouse free market capitalism survive by the pursuit of greed and, in their own way, like Communism, throw into leadership men and women (mostly men) who know how to gain, exert and manipulate power.
Davis McCaughey
Jack Geiger, for example, was a leader of that movement. He was part of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which was kind of one of the ways that I worked my way into social activism in medicine.
It's numbers like these that both bubble-theorists and market cheerleaders can pounce on to make their points. Reality is more mundane.
Prentice Marshall
Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.
A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
Bill Hybels
I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.
Anthony LaPaglia
I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.
Norman Lear
Every organization must be prepared to abandon everything it does to survive in the future.
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
William Arthur Ward
In the name of all competitors I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.
Pierre de Coubertin
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be
The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.
A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.
Too often our leaders cannot work for the greater good because they acknowledge no good greater than politics. But if that's truly our prime directive and highest imperative, God help us all.
Leonard Pitts
