Become a Great Leader: Quotes to Guide You - page 39
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
If you are pleased with what you are, you have stopped already. If you say, "It is enough," you are lost. Keep on walking, moving forward, trying for the goal.
You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.
Homer Rice
Fidel Castro is one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century.
Tom Gjelten
Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.
I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.
Leslie Nielsen
I believe that we as the leader of the Free World must provide important leadership on the ethical parameters, the ethical constraints that this research requires.
Ron Kind
As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.
Benazir Bhutto
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
Edward de Bono
People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.
Richard M. Nixon
To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway.
Andrew Leigh
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.
Tom Landry
I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world...
Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly.
Melissa Harris-Perry
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
