To Be A Leader Quotes

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.

Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from the leading.

Strong people do not need strong leaders.

A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.

Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well.

Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.

Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.

Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable.

If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway.

Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.

In America, public opinion is the leader

Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances

We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

we should think not only of what the leader does to the group, but also of what the group does to the leader.

The church that can't worship must be entertained. And leaders who can't lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.

[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!

Leaders when not leading are outcasts.

There are many reasons for why a man does what de does. To be himself he must be able to give it all. If a leader cannot give it all he cannot expect his people to give anything.

Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower.

Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

A leader is someone who demonstrates what's possible.

A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.

To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing.

Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.

American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

We want our leaders to be fair dinkum, as much among us as above us.

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.

A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.

It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most. Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.

That's really what I want in a leader; I want somebody who's really, really smart.

People will walk through fire for a leader that's true and human.

Leaders have the privilege and responsibility of going first. The most powerful way that anybody can lead is by example.

You gotta be hungry for it. You’ve got to put everything you got on it. EVERYTHING! Every second. You have to be the first one in line. That’s how leaders are born.

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.

The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.

Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.

The movement must go beyond its leaders

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.