Sooner or later we will discover the Leader within us. A good leader is someone who is in Control, gives Directions, Guidance, Headship, is an excellent Listener and has good management skills.
L – Listener
E – Effective
A – Ability
D – Direction
E – Extraordinary
R – Responsibility
Endurance
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervour, live for it, and if need be, die for it – Alfred North
Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple – John Maxwell
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example – Benjamin Disraeli
Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after another – Walter Elliot
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure – Edward Eggleston
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all – Dwight Eisenhower
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting –Johann Von
Rule your mind or it will rule you – Horace
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push and you push alone – Laurence Peter
To win without risk is to triumph without glory – Pierre Corneille
Tough times never last, but tough people do –Robert Schuller
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being – Von Goethe
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan – John Kennedy
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit – Conrad Hilton
Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate – John Maxwell
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses – Napoleon Hill
The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associated smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting thins and are willing to pay for such talents – Amos Parrish
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, we did it ourselves – Zen Saying
Of all the properties which belong to honourable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character – Henry Clay
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged – Ovid
The same hammer that shatters the glass forges the steel – Proverb
One man with courage makes a majority – Andrew Jackson
Nurture you mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes – Benjamin
One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life – Edward Butler
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this – Don
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire – John Foster
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency – Arnold Glasgow
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down – Mary Pickford
You must be the change you wish to see in the world – Mahatma Gandhi
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might – Henry Thoreau
You must play boldly to win- Arnold
Your opinions are limited only by your fears – Joseph Jambu
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor – James
It is no use for a leader to surround himself with ten yes-men – Nelson Mandela
Goals
When the solution is simple, God is answering – Albert
It is the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative actin, that man finds his supreme joys – Antoine
Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, “Why am I doing this?” It comes down to passion – St. James
If you follow you bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else – Campbell
Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence – Bernard
There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to get beat, but only one way to win; get there first – Willie
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience – Joseph Jambu
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission – ZigZiglar
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through – Harry
The Jack of all trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim – Napoleon
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do don help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself – Andrew
There is only one way……to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it – Dale
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing their inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives – William
Rather fall with honor than succeed by fraud – Sophocles
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal – Ralph
The great thing in the wold is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – Oliver
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there – John
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them – John
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement – Rodgers
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions – Harold
Management is nothing more than motivating other people – Lee
Management works in the system; leadership works on the system – Covey
Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it – Lou
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example – Edward
Moral courage and character go hand in hand…..a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle – Martha
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it – Dwight
Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense – Churchill
When you are in a valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb – Denis
You are the person who has to decide. Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside; you are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind. Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are – Edgar
The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose – Orison
Honesty and Humility
Cherish your human connections: your relationship with friends and family – Bush
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customer. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships – Ross
How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you – Dan
Developing excellent communication skill is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a massage across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter –Amelio
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself – Anna
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him – John
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing – George
You can’t do everything at once, but you can do something at one – Calvin
A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn’t like the tune – Joseph Jambu
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too – Sam
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occassions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why…. I succeed – Michael Jordan
You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself – Gene
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates’ were strong and effective – Peter
No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself – Conrado
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history – William
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has – Confucius
The cynic says, “One man can’t do anything”. I say, “Only one man can do anything” – John
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people – Woodrow
The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune – William
We have the high salaries and we are living in luxury: that destroys our capacity to speak in a forthright manner and tell people to tighten their belts – Nelson Mandela
Leaders
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament by choice – Harlan
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal – Vince
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be – Carter
You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership – Dwight
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things – Niccolo
Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader – Newcomb
Remember, what you get by reaching your destination isn’t nearly as important as what you become by reaching your goals – what you will become is the winner you were born to be! – ZigZiglar
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant – Max
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive – Joe
The function of the leader is to produce more leaders, not more followers – Ralph
The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players – Lee
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it – Dwight
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd – Max
Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it is the only thing – Albert
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better – Harry
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair – George
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self – restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it – Theodore
Warriors take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them – Ancient
If people are coming to work excited… if they are making mistakes freely and fearlessly… if they are having fun… if they are concentrating doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings – then somewhere you have leaders – Townsend
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity – George
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself – Edward
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn – Waldo
When leaders have the honesty to criticize their own mistakes and their own organization, then they can criticize others – Nelson Mandela
It is important to surround yourself with strong and independent personalities, who will tell you when you are getting old – Nelson Mandela
You have to play the mother chicken which provides refuge for everybody. You must be a tower of hope, a model and a motivator. It also takes patience as one has to take all the insult and intimidation because a lot of people will say that you are too assertive – Sarah
Women must rise above being good managers – of the man, the home, the children and all things spicy and sweet – and boldly step out into the visionary leadership – Lucy
Born or made we all have the leader within us, no matter you colour, race, or gender – Delno
Positive thinking
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life – Booker
He who has done his best for his time has lived for all times – Von
The first rule of holes; when you’re in one, stop digging – Molly
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things – Mead
There is in true beauty, as in courage, somewhat which narrow soul cannot dare to admire – William
There is no substitute for victory – Douglas
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything – Billy
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him – John
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power – Alvin
You can’t measure the heart of a champion – Joseph Jambu
A brave man thinks no one superior who does him injury; for make himself superior to the other by forgiveness – Pope
A leader is a dealer in hope – Napoleon
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices – William
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way – John
You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you – Brian
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through – Rosalynn
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give – Joseph Jambu
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality – Quincy
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish – Sam
Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident – Nancy
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources – Norman
There is no substitute for guts – Paul
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability – Robert
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them – Shaw
There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self – Joseph Jambu
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve permanently happy spirit – Norman
Quality begins in the inside… and then works its way out – Bob
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so – Charles
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises – Demosthenes
Realize that true happiness lies within you – Lucian
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader – Tacitus
The first step is to fill your life with a positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are – Norman
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around – Leo
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes – Kenneth
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man – Elbert
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself – John
Your aspirations are you possibilities – Samuel L. Jackson
Those who wish to sing, always find a song – Joseph Jambu
Few would disagree that manhood is in crisis today. Men are falling behind women in important measures of personal and social well-being. In deeply consequential ways, they have become the weaker sex.
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