Quotes on Leadership

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.”

“Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.”

“One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.”

“Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.”

“Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.”

“What you stay focused on will grow.”

“Change course, but don’t give up.”

“Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.”

“Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do.”

“The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.”

“Real change is difficult at the beginning, but gorgeous at the end. Change begins the moment you get the courage and step outside your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

“I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.”

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”

“Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.”

“Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.”

“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”

“Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.”

“Faith in God is optional, but faith in the self – in the spirit within, is imperative.”

“Do you know where your breakthrough begins? Your breakthrough begins where your excuses ends.”

“Tell them a lie big enough, they'll worship you as a sage. Tell them a truth big enough and they'll mock you.”

“Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.”

“Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.”

“A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion.”

“Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.”

“It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.”

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others”

“An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”

“The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.”

“We are no longer in the dispensation of age and experience. We are in the era of knowledge and information. Information leads a true leader and a true leader leads others.”

“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”

“A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity.”

“Leadership is all about caring, daring and sharing!Caring for people, Daring to Act fearlessly,& Sharing the success with all!”

“When you practice leadership,The evidence of quality of your leadership, Is known from the type of leaders that emerge out of your leadership”

“Respect for leaders often comes from the fact that people naturally respect those who know more than they do. That is one of the jobs of a powerful thinker, to be thinking ahead where no one has gone before.”

“Intelligent disciplined work = Proper organization and management of goals/projects

“Your ability to achieve maximum potential with win-win situations depends on the clarity of your conscience and mind - and this requires the development of the virtues.”

“A person with the proper aptitude can be the technical leader and a person with the right attitude is the inspirational leader, but those with both the proper aptitude and right attitude are the leaders of both.”

“We read data not to dwell into the numbers, or the failures. We dive into data to understand reasons behind the numbers and find opportunities.”

It is the mark of a good leader to take responsibility for his followers.

It is the mark of a good leader to take responsibility for his followers.

The masses should be directed without letting them know it.

To make a people great, it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants.

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

In times of crisis, the people's thinking must be given direction. Their thinking must be led by a master, by someone who knows what he is doing.

The first step to leadership is servanthood. The second step is to be accountable.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.

True leadership is about seeing the bigger picture and inspiring others to see it too.

Leadership in systems thinking requires seeing beyond immediate problems to underlying patterns.