A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.”
“A good lead-off hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.”
“A good leader always accepts the blame and distributes the reward.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A good leader brins the lady partner dance level to a superior level.”
“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”
“A good leader can give you a purpose and inspire you to achieve it. He leads you to success by bringing out the best in you.”
“A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.”
“A good leader does not tell people to stand behind him. That position does not give anybody power but the leader. Today's politician isn't going to be the first marching to war, so why put that guy in front? Instead, a good leader tells people to stand beside him. That creates an invincible wall of people, and that's a force where everybody stands as a true equal.”
“A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.”
Source: The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
“A good leader for instance is somebody like Nelson Mandela. I do not have seen such people coming every generation, maybe every ten generations, every hundred generations. People who are miracle workers.”
“A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.”
Source: Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
“A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.”
“A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.”
Source: Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership
“A good leader has the ability to inspire action. If you can’t inspire people to act, you aren’t a leader.”
“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader,
a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.”
“A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.”
“A good leader is not elected, he is appointed.”
“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.”
“A good leader is not necessary the one with all good ideas; but able to build from other people's ideas and always give them credit and acknowledge their contribution.”
“A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.”
Source: Oakleaf Bearers (Ranger's Apprentice Book 4)
“A good leader is the shadow of his followers; but he guides them to follow the sun so his shadow does not earn the credit.”
“A good leader knows action plan and backup; a great leader, worst-case scenario.”
Source: Modified Leadership
“A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.”
“A good leader leads with compassion and love, not fear and blood.”
“A good leader leads with compassion and love, not fear and blood. A country that harms its people because they are not happy with the leader -- is not a country that belongs to the people, but to the leader.”
“A good leader makes a good follower.”
“A good leader must be fair.”
“A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar
“A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.”
“A good leader needs to know how to follow.”
“A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.”
“A good leader never takes credit but always takes the blame.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“A good leader prioritizes humanity's well-being above partisanship. Leadership is not defined by one's position but rather by one's actions. Effective leadership requires constructive actions that benefit all humanity.”
“A ‘good’ leader recognizes that they have been granted the uncommon experience of leading common men. A ‘great’ leader recognizes that of all men, they are likely the most common.”
“A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it”
“A good leader's words are his deeds. Be a good a leader.”
“A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.”
“A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us to discover that we already know what to do.”
“A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.”
“A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.”
“A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care.”
“A good leader turns individuals into stars;
A great leader turns teams into constellations.”
“A good leader will seek the wisdom of others. After all, no man is an island!”
Source: A Leader After God's Own Heart: 15 Ways to Lead with Strength
“A good leader... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.”
“A good learner is better than a bad teacher.”
“A good leg will fall. A straight back will stoop. A black beard will turn white. A curled pate will grow bald." He held out a small triangle of fruit toward Emilia. "But a good heart, my dear... well, a good heart is the sun and the moon.”
Source: By Any Other Name
“A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon, — for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly.”
“A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.”
Source: Mississippi Writings
“A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously.”
Source: All Politics is Local, and Other Rules of the Game
“A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.”