Leader Quotes
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I didn't set out to become a leader, so I always come back to my first lesson - just do it. If you're the first one out there actively doing something to solve a problem then you'll naturally fall into a leadership role.
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That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.
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The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.
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I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.
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Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.
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The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.
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Leaders are not born or made - they are self made
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A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.
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A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give him strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
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Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.
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Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.
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I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.
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A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.
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We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.
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Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.
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To be a leader, you must be willing to be a lifelong learner.
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A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.
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Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.
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A leader must realize his subordinate leaders will be killed or wounded. He must prepare and train other leaders to step up and take over. He, himself, must train his next-in-line to take command in event he is killed, wounded, or evacuated.
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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.
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You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.
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A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values ... and a heart.
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On March 8 a poll showed Hart 9 points ahead of Reagan. So perhaps 60 million Americans, 55 million of whom had not heard of Hart a month ago, have suddenly decided thay want him to be leader of the free world. The public mind is not just soft wax, it's runny.
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The New York Times is and has always been a digital leader. The report only cited some areas where we fell down.
