Leader Quotes
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One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.
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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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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.
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A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.
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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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A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.
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To be a leader, you must be willing to be a lifelong learner.
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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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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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As leaders, it all comes down to trust. Do you trust the sovereignty of God?
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Your first and foremost job as a LEADER is to take charge of your own energy.
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When people look at the ratings and they're bad, I think people can get an idea of "Why would they even make the show?" And to a certain extent, original programming for any network is a loss leader to try to get you to keep the channel on your cable package.
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Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
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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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If you make a mistake, don’t spend precious time and energy trying to deny it or point the finger at someone else. Be a leader and own it, then spend your time and energy fixing the problem. As I’ve already noted, start-ups often fail because founders want to be seen as the smartest person in the room, which means not being wrong. Making a mistake is going to happen. None of us is perfect. But the difference between success and failure is how you handle that mistake.
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Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right
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Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.
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Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.
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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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If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do.
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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.
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Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
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The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.
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You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.
