A Quotes
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“A leader helps the brilliance of others shine and never allows them to be hidden in his or her shadow.”
“A leader in 10 minutes can unlock your potentials which in reality would have taken you 10 years to do without them.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“A leader in America or anyone who says they truly care about this nation without taking some kind of action is either a liar or insane. In either case, they are unfit to lead.”
“A leader is a coach, not a judge.”
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.”
“A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.”
Source: Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer
“A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.”
“A leader is a reader.”
“A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“A leader is admired, a boss is feared.”
“A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.”
“A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him,” he wrote. “Fail to honor others and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his
work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, ‘we did this ourselves.’”
Source: The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams
“A leader is best
When people barely know he exists
Of a good leader, who talks little,
When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
They will say, “We did this ourselves.”
Source: Tao Te Ching
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, and worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, “We did this ourselves.”
“A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.”
“A leader is not a person who is placed in the seat of management but a leader is a person leading management towards purposeful pursuit and direction.”
“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.”
“A leader is not born, teachers make one.”
Source: Slate
“A leader is not someone who says: Follow me.......A leader is someone who says: I'll go first.”
“A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.”
Source: DUNE
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
“A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they are persuaded that the leader's path is the right one-for them, probably better than they could devise for themselves.”
Source: The Power of Servant-leadership: Essays
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.”
Source: The Coup: A Novel
“A leader is one who... Has more faith in people than they do, and . . . who holds opportunities open long enough for their competence to re-emerge.”
“A leader is only able to lead others because he disciplines himself. The person who does not know how to bow to discipline imposed from without, who does not know how to obey, will not make a good leader-nor will the one who has not learned to impose discipline within his own life. Those who scorn scripturally or legally constituted authority, or rebel against it, rarely qualify for high leadership positions.”
“A leader is said to give articulation to the imagination of the people. This is precisely what we have been doing over the millennia. It is likely what we will continue to do.”
Source: Aquarius Rising: Christianity and Judaism Explained Using the Science of the Stars
“A leader is solution oriented and a philosopher is problem oriented.”
“A Leader is someone who can do everything him(her)self, but let's other people help him(her).”
“A leader is someone who can gather people around himself who are smarter and more skilled than he is.”
Source: Slamming It Out!: How I got shit done in 5* kitchens
“A leader is someone who demonstrates what's possible.”
“A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.”
“A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.”
“A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people.”
“A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.”
“A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time”
“A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.”
“A leader is someone whose actions have the most profound consequences on other people's lives, for better or worse, sometime forever and ever.”
Source: An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change
“A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust [them]. Often it is people who have been there [in a similar situation to the people he or she is leading]. They would generally be people who are ready to take the risks themselves. Most leaders would be people who don't ever give commands and remain at home and let the foot soldiers be the ones who bear the brunt.”
“A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.”
“A leader is the one who is pulling the sled hardest.”
“A leader is the one who is responsible for all the good and bad happenings in the firm.”
Source: Aman Mehndiratta
“A leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”
“A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.”
“A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.”
“A leader is to take away prejudices from the psychological edifice of a country - a leader is to uplift a people, while warming their minds with the gentle flames of love, acceptance and reasoning.”
Source: Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana
“A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections