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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Great obstacles make great leaders.
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I think not only Canada but the world as a whole is called upon to really choose leaders who can generate unity and compassion throughout the world. This is how you find peace, right?
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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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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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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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We lost some really good senior leaders, so a lot of those new guys are going to have to step up and fill those roles.
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Similarly, some biblical views of women are superior to others. And so the apostle Paul’s attitude about women is that they could be and should be leaders of the Christian communities—as evidenced by the fact that in his own communities there were women who were church organizers, deacons, and even apostles (Romans 16). That attitude is much better than the one inserted by a later scribe into Paul’s letter of 1 Corinthians, which claims women should always be silent in the church (1 Corinthians 14:35–36), or the one forged under Paul’s name in the letter of 1 Timothy, which insists that women remain silent, submissive, and pregnant (1 Timothy 2:11–15).
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Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
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Kings fear change. Leaders crave it.
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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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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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Some leaders are born women.
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Jesus defines servant leaders as those who humbly serve others because they love them.
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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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A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
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It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.
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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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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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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 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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I always believe leaders are readers, so you've got to read 30 minutes a day of something that's going to inspire you.
