To Be A Leader Quotes

Value-based leaders believe in democratic workplaces in which employees participate in decisions.

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.

It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.

Know what the Taliban leaders like to do for fun? Just sit around and get bombed.

The leaders of the Taliban said today that killing bin Laden won't solve the problem. But, you know, it couldn't hurt.

In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation?

We need a serious leader to deal with this. And I believe I'm that guy.

What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number.

For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

It's the American leadership that has not played the role it should be playing and that leaders in other countries have been playing.

Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy.

Jack Geiger, for example, was a leader of that movement. He was part of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which was kind of one of the ways that I worked my way into social activism in medicine.

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

George W. Bush is a leader, and that's what we need in the White House. George Bush is someone you can believe and trust.

Great leaders must be able to realize when something isn’t working-no matter how hard they’ve worked to make it succeed.

The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure.

Pat Robertson is an embarrassment to the church and a danger to American politics, .. It's time for Christian leaders of all stripes to call on Robertson not just to apologize but to retire.

One of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.

As has been emphasized vigorously by foreign allies and by responsible leaders of former administrations and incumbent officeholders, there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad.

Unfortunately, some of the African leaders employ various nefarious means to remain in office far beyond what their constitutions permit.

Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.'

I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader.

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

Want to be a better leader? Meditate in the morning and prepare yourself for the day ahead.

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

For the first time in a long time, our leaders in Washington understand what Americans of all religious backgrounds have long held to be true: through faith, all things are possible.

As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field.

Communication comes with practice. As a leader you must speak the truth; listen for understanding; and learn from what you hear and do not hear.

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

Leader’s potential is determined by those closest to him.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

The attitude of the leader affects the atmosphere of the office

The law of process says — leaders develop daily, not in a day.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.

You don't become an effective leader by default.

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.