L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.”
Source: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do
“Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.”
Source: Drive: The Story of My Life
“Leadership is elusive and enigmatic, just as it is enlightening and empowering. It is a bright light among human energies that sometimes, by its very intensity, casts a long and dark shadow.”
Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad
“Leadership is empowering others to sit under their own vine and fig tree – developing their inner strength and collaborative strength.”
Source: Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management
“Leadership is evoking in others the capacity to dream.”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
“Leadership is fixing your eyes not just on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
Source: Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management
“Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.”
Source: The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels, 1926-1948
“Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.”
“Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.”
Source: Drive: The Story of My Life
“Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.”
“Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.”
“Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.”
“Leadership is hard to train on.”
“Leadership is having a point of view.”
“Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.”
“Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.”
“Leadership is highly required to effect positive change in this generation...and it all MUST start from the MIND.”
“Leadership is Idealism in Action.”
“Leadership is igniting the creative magic within you that adds joy and value to you and others.”
Source: Mindfulness Meditation for Corporate Leadership and Management
“Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.”
Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs
“Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.”
“Leadership is influence.”
Source: How to Influence People Lunch & Learn
“Leadership is influence. It is the ability to obtain followers. When the leader lacks confidence, the followers have no commitment. A leader is great not because of his power, but because of his ability to empower others.”
“Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them.”
“Leadership is influencing a community to follow Jesus.”
“Leadership is inherent in our nature and is fundamental to our origins, our human makeup -and our destiny.”
“Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.”
“Leadership is knowing what to do next, knowing why that's important, and knowing how to bring the appropriate resources to bear on the need at hand.”
Source: Leading with Confidence (eBook): Practical wisdom on leadership, management, and life
“Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.”
“Leadership is largely ignored by recent liberal theorists. I suspect that the very idea of leadership has a non-egalitarian and authoritarian quality to it, best left to those (inspired by Max Webber) with a fascination for charisma or revolution; or left to fascists or management consultants and organisational psychologists.
But this neglect by liberal theorists comes at a cost. Institutions and procedures are run by imperfect human beings and without ongoing maintenance, care and investment they decay. While I do not claim that 'leadership' is a sufficient response to the challenges of institutional decay and renewal, it may well be a necessary one.”
Source: The Scottish Enlightenment: Human Nature, Social Theory and Moral Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Christopher J. Berry
“Leadership is leading the way, guiding the way, living the way...”
“Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.”
“Leadership is less about motivating people to act and more about choosing motivated people who act.”
“Leadership is less about the position you hold than the influence you have. It's about doing world-class work, playing at your peak,
and leaving people better than you found them. It's about Leading Without a Title.”
“Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.”
Source: Leadership is an Art
“Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”
“Leadership is like a lamp in the night. If switched off, people will remain in the dark.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership is like a muscle, strengthened by consistent practice and the willingness to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.”
“Leadership is like a tree; without the deep roots, the trunk cannot survive. But without the trunk, roots alone cannot make a tree. Leadership needs a vision, a leader and followers.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.”
“Leadership is like candlelight. It helps bring forth light in the darkness.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.”
“Leadership is like fatherhood. It does not have to be biological. It just has to be logical.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership is like parenthood; just when you think you've got it all figured out, they become teenagers.”
“Leadership is like parenting.”
“Leadership is like the train; without the head (leader), the coaches (followers) cannot move.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things.”
“Leadership is made for service.”
“Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable”
“Leadership is meant merely to be lead-by-example.Anything given extra to support team result is just an icing on the top.”