Leadership Quotes
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My brand of leadership, which is very focused on bringing people together, solving problems - it's what I have always tried to do - just had a hard time being as powerfully compelling in the campaign as I think it has been in previous years for other candidates.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.
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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
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The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
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To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.
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Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.
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Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You have our love and our confidence. We pray that you will be prepared for the reins of leadership. We say to you, "Arise and shine forth" and be a light unto the world, a standard to others.
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He's taken a vocal leadership role, but more than actually saying anything, it's just his own work ethic. He's leading in running drills and stuff as simple as getting the place cleaned up when it's time to go home.
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We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness.
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What I measure the most is the fact that we are a much more durable, sustainable company that can bob and weave with whatever we meet. And that is the true measure of success for me in terms of leadership.
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We are so used to multi-tasking. 2014 was probably the most productive year of my life...But I noticed during the last couple of months when I would get alone with God it was hard to do one thing at a time.
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The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
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She's learned to listen more and improve different aspects of her game. I'm most proud that she's improved her sportsmanship, her demeanor on the field. She's still working on leadership and that's improving.
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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.
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And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.
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Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.
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They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was.
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You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.
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Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
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I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position.
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Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires.
