Leaders Quotes
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There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.
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Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.
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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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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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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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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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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 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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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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Jesus defines servant leaders as those who humbly serve others because they love them.
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Great obstacles make great leaders.
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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.
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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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Some leaders are born women.
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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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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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It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.
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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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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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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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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 at all levels must know their stuff, be dead honest, have unquestioned personal integrity, set the example, and treat their people “fair and square.
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Do what Jesus says... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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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.
