To Be A Leader Quotes

The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.

For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

People imitate their leader. Lead by example.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

If we only elected good men, we'd never have leaders.

In the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold.

Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.

The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.

[Martin Luther] King was one of the two young ministers - and you know how directly oriented the Negro community still is towards the minister as the leader.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.

Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.

It takes more than a busy church, a friendly church, or even an evangelical church to impact a community for Christ. It must be a church ablaze, led by leaders who are ablaze for God.

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet appeared better in himself.

If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future.

Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.

In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.

The more excited and committed you are to your work, the more excited and committed will be the people around you. The leader always sets the tone for the department or organization.

Leaders lead out of who they are on the inside.

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.

I don't need some jerk like Romney, Santorum, Obama, Bush, Clinton or the rest of them telling me that they're my leaders. They couldn't lead me across the street.

The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

I never thought of myself as the leader. The most important person, perhaps.

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.

Great leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition.

Every Muslim leader must unequivocally proclaim that terror committed in the name of Islam violates the core tenets of the Prophet Mohammed, and they must do so repeatedly. Period.

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

A leader knows who is outside of the system and needs special help.

There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.

You will be tested as a leader....You may be tested with success, fame, and fortune.

Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.

Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.

Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.

Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.

You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead.

The greatest resource a worship leader has is his relationship with his wife.

He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.

One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

I think Donald Trump showed a real quality that every leader needs, and that's resiliency.