Leaders Quotes
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Great American leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worshipped God just as our Founding Fathers did. We must never forget this important aspect of our heritage or use it as a political bargaining chip.
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Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.
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Jesus defines servant leaders as those who humbly serve others because they love them.
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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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Great obstacles make great leaders.
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The best leaders in any enterprise see problems coming and stack the deck to prevent negative “what ifs” from happening. They also have contingency plans to take advantage of positive openings which occur in fleeting windows of time.
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Some leaders are born women.
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Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.
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For years, American officials visiting China marvelled at how Chinese leaders could push through infrastructure projects and sweeping legislative changes without the complications of opposition and the niceties of voting.
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We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.
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The denial with which many African leaders and communities greeted the appearance of HIV and AIDS across the continent in the 1990s is now considered a tragic mistake rather than a purposeful pushback against lingering colonial prejudice.
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I believe the United States government is being systematically taken over by a revolutionary network. They call themselves Progressives, but we know they are really leftist radicals, dedicated to the demise of the free-market capitalist system. They have co-opted and bought off leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties, established a dominant role in all three branches of government and thoroughly co-opted the mainstream media.
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One of the things that I've found in everything that I've done: People want leaders to create a sense of direction and to lead and to act.
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It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.
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While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love of power.
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More people can be great leaders than think they can, but they need a purpose greater than themselves.
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I always believe leaders are readers, so you've got to read 30 minutes a day of something that's going to inspire you.
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Leaders are like gardeners ... As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation.
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A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
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Church leaders—including pastoral staff, elders, deacons, and leadership teams—must see community as a biblical nonnegotiable, an essential for transformation, a necessity for building lives that stand the test of time.
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On the path to ubiquity of AI, there will be many ethics-related decisions that we, as AI leaders, need to make. We have a responsibility to drive those decisions, not only because it is the right thing to do for society but because it is the smart business decision.
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It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.
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Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
