L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Leadership isn’t about flexing muscles in the mirror — it’s about leaving fingerprints on the future. Real Dons don’t shout commands; they walk in silence and still get followed.”
Source: Words of a Klassikan
“Leadership isn’t about knowing the answers; it’s about asking what could go wrong.”
Source: The Art of Risk: How Smart Businesses Prevent Chaos Before It Happens
“Leadership isn't about power for the sake of power - not true leadership. Instead it deals with modeling behavior you want others to have, and with responsibility for being certain the people you lead are treated equitably, and with respect. Not an easy task. You can't make other people feel anything, or think anything; you can only try to teach them what you want them to feel and think and why you think they should act accordingly.”
“Leadership isn’t about titles. It’s about who steps up when things fall apart.”
Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“Leadership isn't authority, it’s clarity of aim and the ability to mobilize others toward it. Formal authority acts FROM roles. Moral authority acts FROM goals.”
“Leadership isn't confined to a title—it's an attitude that permeates every action.”
Source: Overcoming Mediocrity: Limitless Women
“Leadership isn’t just a discipline; it’s a belief system. And like any belief system, it quietly shapes our thinking.”
Source: Why We Follow: Natural Followership in a World Obsessed with Leadership
“Leadership isn’t just about deciding what to do, it’s also about knowing what not to do.”
Source: Magnetic Nonprofit: Attract and Retain Donors, Volunteers, and Staff to Increase Nonprofit Fundraising
“Leadership isn't just about giving a sermon; it's about being actively involved in the fight for justice, education, and economic empowerment. (Reclaiming the Black Church: A Call to Restore Leadership, Unity, and Purpose – blog)”
“Leadership isn’t taught, it’s lived.
You don’t lead from what you know—
you lead from who you are.”
“Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.”
“Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions.”
“Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.”
“Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.”
“Leadership isn't what a team says, but what it does.”
“Leadership isn’t the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It’s a process ordinary people use when they’re bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen.”
“Leadership ist dann besonders effektiv, wenn es sich nicht nach Führung anfühlt, sondern nach Freiheit.”
“Leadership itself is the only true heaven for a statesman.”
“Leadership Law: Sacrifice short-term productivity for long-term positivity.”
Source: You Do You(ish): Unleash Your Authentic Superpowers to Get the Career You Deserve
“Leadership matters and solving things before a crisis is important.”
“Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved.”
“Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.”
“Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.”
“Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access to resources. That's not sexy, it doesn't sound great at a rally or a forum, but that is actually the work that it will take to change cities. We know that.”
“Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.”
Source: Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others
“Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.”
“Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.”
“Leadership, more than anything else, is about the way we think. It's a moment-to-moment disciplining of our thoughts. It's about choosing to make a positive contribution, no matter what our role.”
“Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers.”
“Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced.”
“Leadership must be established from the top down.”
“Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.”
“Leadership must embody servanthood, for without it leadership will become the embodiment of our selfish agendas. And leadership of that sort will lead us to places that none of us want to go to.”
“Leadership must evolve into a “science-based craft”, like surgery.”
Source: The Science of Successful Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture
“Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.”
“Leadership obeys the principle of Hooke's law to the very bone. It explains:
When an elastic material is stretched, it returns to its original position. But when it's over stretched beyond its limit point, it loses its elasticity and becomes plastic, and later cuts or breaks.
As a leader, in your leadership disposition, it behoves of you to acquaint yourself with this very leadership principle that edges forward. It's however, a human nature to adopt to an environment, so, leaders are humans, they tend to have this rapore with their followers which is somewhat a must needed. But the ability for such one to return and recollect to knowing his boundary makes a good leader. A phenomenon whereby he becomes drunk of platitudes, then it comes to a time where they (followers) dictate for him. And even sought and suggest plans without his consent or knowing, it has gotten to the point of plastic and break respectively.”
“Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history.”
Source: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The perspective of the world
“Leadership potential exists in everybody. What I think we have missed is that we have somehow relegated leadership only to a special, talented few people.”
“Leadership potential is in everyone; we all have it, but we all don't know it until we have a direct individual encounter with the Holy Spirit of God. The principal source of leadership influence is the Holy Spirit.”
“Leadership presence is the aggregate of these three things: what you believe, how you communicate, and the energy you express to others.”
Source: Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence
“Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.”
“Leadership produces change. That is its primary function”
Source: Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management
“Leadership recruitment does not mean recruiting from top business schools.”
Source: HR Mastermind
“Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.”
“Leadership requires a willingness to learn every day. Learning never stops for leaders who are willing to be efficient.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership requires creating conditions that enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires.”
Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
“Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only if leaders act with integrity.”
Source: American spirit: visions of a new corporate culture
“Leadership requires kindness and empathy.”
“Leadership requires one to make decisions that may not be liked by everyone, but great leaders always ensure that the choices they make will benefit anyone.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.”