If somebody says I’m a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it’s the ultimate compliment.
Every country needs a strong leader in order to progress.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens’ Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.
When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.
In my mind, a good leader would say, ‘OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me. Let me let them voice their opinions; let me get their thought process.’
I believe that no man who holds a leader’s position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
A leader’s most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
I’m not a follower of this or that religious leader. More wars are started because of religious leaders, and people are following and they don’t know why… That is religiosity. That is what turns people into robots.
The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it is about the actions you take as the leader of your business.
When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.
My first real experience of ambition was as party leader. It was my ambition for Labour to win, in which event I would be prime minister.
In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
I’m a shepherd, not a sheep, and I’ve always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.
I’ve got to tell you what, the soldier doesn’t fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That’s not what military leadership is all about.
A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn’t go by yourself.
After marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma as a young man, John Lewis went on to become a legendary leader for civil rights alongside other giants of the movement like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth.
There are many ways to be a leader.
Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.
I’m a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.
Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don’t think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.
Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you’ve transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you’ve succeeded as leader.
Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.
You know, the truth is this: it is a leader’s job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.
It’s a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the world and the leader of the world. It is indeed an achievement, a tribute to the talent of the American nation, the American people and an optimal political and economic system.
I’ve always been a leader my whole life. I’ve always led. I didn’t know how to do anything else.
In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it – or not apologize at all.
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own purpose attach to the spiritual leader and become fanatical and controlling. That’s why Jesus tried to tell his followers not to get attached to outward form.
Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
I am very proud to align myself with Miken – a brand known as an innovator and leader in the development of high performance sports equipment.
As far as I’m concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.
Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.
My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
I’ve always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I’m one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.
Actually, when Vineeth was in class 10, I was invited to his school as the chief guest. Till then I had never accepted an invitation to the school day but since Vineeth was leaving school, I decided to accept the invitation. He was the school leader too.
Fish recognize a bad leader.
‘Elizabeth’ is something I’ve looked to a lot for a strong female leader.
I don’t want to be a follower; I want to be a leader and create new waves.
When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’
Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn’t a leader, it is education.
I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect.
I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
The creative destruction that social media is currently unleashing will change more than technology or the leader board of the Fortune 100. It is driving a qualitative shift in the nature of relationships between brands and their customers.
I was first published as a paranormal author back in the early 1990s. I was one of the founders of that original wave of paranormal and am the leader of the new wave of paranormal that started at the beginning of this century.
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.
I’m very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I’ve done in my career.
I’ve been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I’ve been controversial.
The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability… When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.
I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.
A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
I am a leader in my own world. That’s enough for me.
And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!
They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.
As a government leader, I’m not going to sit on the sidelines and watch all these other sectors innovate. I’m going to do everything I can as a leader to be in that innovation, to be a provocateur for that innovation.
I have won one title, but PSG made me understand they are looking for a leader, a coach with a vision, and I am very happy to have their confidence.
I think you’re either born a leader or you’re not.
The best leaders are following Christ. That’s the best leader you can follow.
