Best leadership & matter Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The art of leadership is a serious matter. One must not lag behind a movement, because to do so is to become isolated from the masses. But one must not rush ahead, for to rush ahead is to lose contact with the masses. He who wished to lead a movement must conduct a fight on two fronts--against those who lag behind and those who rush ahead.”

Art Two Matter Fighting Loses Leadership Behinds Fronts Movement Serious Mass Contact Isolated Lag

Author:Joseph Stalin

“many rules could be made for the giving of orders. Don't preach when you give orders. Don't discuss matters already settled unless you have fresh data. Make your direction so specific that there will be no question whether they have been obeyed or not. Find out how to give directions and yet to allow people opportunity for independent thinking, for initiative. And so on and so on. Order-giving requires just as much study and just as much training as any other skill we wish to acquire.”

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Author:Mary Parker Follett

“An order then should always be given not as a personal matter, not because the man giving it wants the thing done, but because it is the demand of the situation. And an order of this kind carries weight because it is the demand of the situation.”

Men Want Giving Should Kind Matter Done Order Given Leadership Situation He Man Demand Weight Management Carrie Things Done Personal Matter

Book:Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization

Source: Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization

“Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.”

“American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.”

Matter Leadership Burden American Leadership

Author:Barack Obama

“Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems.”

People Thinking World Matter Problem Christian Together Leadership Nice Talent Strategy Solve Nice People

Author:Jeff Henderson

“Excellence Matters. Excellent people. Excellent vision. Excellent marketing. Excellent strategies.”

People Matter Christian Leadership Vision Strategy Excellence Marketing Excellent

Author:Jeff Henderson

“A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.”

Giving Persons Matter Hope Leadership Situation Leader Desperate True Leader

Author:Daisaku Ikeda

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

Source: The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible

“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.”

“Character matters; leadership descends from character.”

Matter Character Leadership Conservative

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.”

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Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.”

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Author:Bill Shankly

“No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.”

“This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.”

Matter Force Social Leadership Deals Fundamentals Uplifting Assumption Confined Ghetto

Book:The Mis-Education of the Negro

Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro

“Appearances matter — and remember to smile.”

Matter Inspiration Remember Leadership Appearance Lgbt

Author:Nelson Mandela

“What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.”

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Author:Daniel Goleman

“Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination; the fourth, prudence; and the fifth, economy.”

Firsts Matter Leadership Pay Economy Five Determination Thirds Administration Fourth Strict Fifth Prudence Heed Preparedness

Author:Wu Ta-ch'i

“Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills 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 message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.”

“He who neither drinks, nor smokes, nor dances, he who preaches & even occasionally practice piety, temperance and celibacy, is generally a saint, or a mahatma or more likely a humbug but he certainly won't make a leader or for that matter a good soldier”

Matter Leadership Leader Practice Drink Army Dance Drinking Soldier Saint Smoke Smoking Preaching Piety Temperance Celibacy Humbug Good Soldiers

Author:Sam Manekshaw

“If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty. If your culture doesn't like geeks, you are in real trouble.”

Ifs Thinking Inspirational Mean Real Matter Success Culture Leadership Study Trouble Willing Guilty Engineering Geek Succes

Author:Bill Gates

“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”

Matter Leadership Quality Excellence Perseverance Persistence Martial Arts Twins Persist Sister Matter Of Time Patience And Persistence Twin Sister

Book:The Electric Woman

Source: The Electric Woman

“It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.”

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Author:Tony Dungy

“There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.”

Thinking Important Matter Certain Leadership Football No Matter What Loyalty Bridges Nfl Crossings Inspiring Football

Book:Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life

Source: Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life

“I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.”

Matter Play Winning Leadership Team Football Nfl Inspiring Football

Author:Tony Dungy

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