Become a Great Leader: Quotes to Guide You - page 46

The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.
The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.
People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.
 John Baldoni
It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.
 Franz von Papen
Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .
 Kevin Cashman
Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
 Jack Herer
A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.
 Warren G. Bennis
People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
 Anna Deavere Smith
It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.
 Malala Yousafzai
True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.
 Marlene Caroselli
The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren\'t perfect. No one is.
The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.
 Evan Rachel Wood
[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like Alvino Ray.
 Jon Gordon
Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.
 James Hunter
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.
 Shane Warne
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
 Desiderius Erasmus
Coaching is destined to be the leadership approach of the 21st century.
 James A. Belasco
Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.
 Benito Mussolini
Leadership is action, not position
Leadership is action, not position
 Donald McGannon
Meetings between Presidents, as you know, are supposed to be privileged. They're supposed to be confidential. They're supposed to allow the president and other leaders to have frank exchanges.
 H. R. McMaster