Leadership Quotes
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
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Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
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There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
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The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.
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Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised. Usually it implies some risk - especially in new undertakings. Courage to initiate something and to keep it going, pioneering an adventurous spirit to blaze new ways, often, in our land of opportunity.
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The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.
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Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.
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America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.
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It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.
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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
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California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.
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Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
