What Is A Leader Quotes

Each and every one of us is a leader. Some of us just don't know it yet.

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

When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.

Don't follow leaders.

You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

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.

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.

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

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.

The leader is always alone before bad fates.

Worship leaders, let's choose to praise rather than perform when leading.

What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?

The amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large.

A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?

I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough attention to developing their leaders.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.

Cause we they leaders, and they the followers And we the nut-busters and they the swallowers'

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

A leader can transform an army of frightened people into fearless people.

You become a leader when you decide to be an original and not a copy.

the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.

The enemy has always been able to point the finger of suspicion and/or guilt to Black leaders that they are enriching themselves at the expense of the people.

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

For me as leader my time is nearly over but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream will never die.

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Pedagogues: More than any other class of blind leaders of the blind they are responsible for the degrading standardization which now afflicts the American people.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing, as ever.

Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making between the two.

The best part of the character and quality of the leader is expressing who you are in the work you do and how you do it.

One People, one Reign, one Leader.

Be patient and keep faith. It will all fall into place.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

A leader these days needs to be a host - one who convenes diversity; who convenes all viewpoints in creative processes where our mutual intelligence can come forth.

Managers control. Leaders create commitment.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.

A leader should care way more about HOW people are doing rather than HOW they are doing their work.

You're a leader. It's your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don't apologize to anybody.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.

Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader.

I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.