To Be A Leader Quotes

Every new level of growth we hope to experience as leaders calls for a new level of change. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be a better leader, get ready to make some trades.

It takes a leader to know a leader, grow a leader, and show a leader.

Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.

Anyone can follow a path, but only a leader can blaze one.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.

A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.

When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential.

It is the leaders job to add significance to the lives of the people he leads.

Encourage the many; mentor the few.

You can't become a leader in one conference.

The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.

The real leader holds the power, not just the position.

True Leadership always begins with the inner person.

Realizing your potential as a leader is your responsibility.

The collective influence of you and the other leaders will bring the rest along. If this does not happen, divided interest and loyalty will occur within the group.

The best teacher for a leader is evaluated experience.

Being one step ahead makes you a leader Being fifty steps ahead could make you a martyr.

A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.

To add growth, lead followers - to multiply, lead leaders.

If you are training leaders, because you need them, you are too late.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.

No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn't the leader above us - it's the spirit within us.

If you want leaders, you must become a leader yourself!

Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.

The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.

An organization cannot increase its productivity-but people can!

Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

Leaders attract potential leaders.

Leaders express feelings that other leaders sense.

Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.

Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.

A proven leader always has a proven track record.

Change the leader, change the organization.

It was while I was pastoring that I began to realize that pastors were not growing churches because they didn't understand leadership because they were not trained, adequate leaders.

Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this violence, it only makes the problem worse.

The teacher loses the position of external boss or dictator but takes on that of leader of group activities

I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, you've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy, things like that.

The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.

The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.

In the end it is the musician who actually plays the notes. The impresario - or the project leader - is only there to make sure that happens. That is a very different type of management mind-set.

I was discouraged when I read that [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell said that Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead, but then I was told he turned around and said, "No, it's not."

Communication in every which way is everything for the leader.

There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.

I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.

The new leaders face new tests such as how to lead in this idea-intensive, interdependent network environment