To Be A Leader Quotes

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

I'm merely teaching you to be someone of pride and to be a good leader and that's the message I want you to take away from my music.

The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

The leader builds dispersed and diverse leadership - distributing leadership to the outermost edges of the circle to unleash the power of shared responsibility.

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.

If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

Leaders flourish in times of crisis.

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.

Can't pick and choose when you're gonna be a leader. If you're gonna be it - gotta do it every day.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right.

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.

I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda.

Money always flows to the leader... If you want more money, simply become more of a leader.

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.

It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power to an opponent, that he can only hand over power to a member of his political party.

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.

I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea, or as I call him, 'Kim,' to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Only where leader and led together bind each other in one destiny ... does true order grow.

Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

The president is the country's scapegoat more than the country's leader; the president has as much power as we think the president has. Whoever has the most money is the puppet master.

Only about 2 percent of people can work entirely without supervision. We call those people 'leaders'. This is the kind of person you are meant to be and that you can be, if you decide to be.

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.