The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. — Ronald Reagan
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. — Mother Teresa
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. — Aristotle
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before. — Nelson Mandela
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness. — Omar N. Bradley
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. — Bernard Law Montgomery
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. — Peter Drucker
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. — Max De Pree
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night. — Erin McCarthy
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. — Theodore Hesburgh
Don't sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do. — Ben Feldman
Great Leadership Image Quotes
If your leadership is ample, you will be a great example. — Daniel Evans
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. — John Steinbeck
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't want to go but ought to be.
Greatness And Leadership Quotes
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. — Indra Nooyi
Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal. — Patrick Lencioni
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great. — Billie Jean King
Great leaders don't tell you what yo do, they show you how its done
Poor leaders motivate those following them with false promises of promotions, success, and a great tomorrow but rarely deliver on those promises. — Lewis Howes
I believe China and Japan today, enjoy the best leadership they have had in a generation. And I believe, this is to the great benefit of Asia as a whole. — Joko Widodo
My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis. — Russell Wilson
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group. — John Harvey-Jones
Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty. — Lewis Howes
The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort. — Duffy Daugherty
Leadership By Great Leaders Quotes
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
What you do has far greater impact than what you say. — Stephen Covey
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. — Seth Godin
Great leaders are willing to follow. Leadership is a dance, not a parade.
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. — Ken Blanchard
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. — Harold Geneen
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. — John C. Maxwell
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader. — Mahatma Gandhi
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved. — Cornelius Nepos
Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves — Marshall Goldsmith
Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests. — Myles Munroe
True Greatness Quotes
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ. — Jonathan Edwards
To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence. — Cesar Chavez
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. — Henry David Thoreau
The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. — Che Guevara
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being. — Pope John Paul II
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough LOVE will not open, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. — Emmet Fox
A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer. — Ed Cunningham
Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength. — Dwight L. Moody
Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose. — C. S. Lewis
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. — Alan Watts
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. — Saint Augustine
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. — John F. Kennedy
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement. — B. F. Skinner
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them. — Lao Tzu
Becoming Great Quotes
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain
An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service. — Harry S. Truman
Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her. — Mia Hamm
I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness. — Saladin
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. — Nikola Tesla
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. — Montesquieu
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. — William Osler
A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. — Zhuangzi
The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO! — Harry Gordon Selfridge
May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. — Nelson Mandela
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'. — Tom Peters
Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contributions to mankind. — Xi Jinping
Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are. — Jim Rohn
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. — Peter Drucker
Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe at Cal Ripken. I realized during this game that 'you don't have to be flashy' or have 'power numbers' to be great. It's about the simple things that are the hard things. It's about leadership, work ethic and commitment. — Ron White
The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones. — Brandon Sanderson
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. — J. Oswald Sanders
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education. — John W. Gardner
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