Good leaders must first become good servants. — Robert Greenleaf
Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). — Tony Dungy
The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. — Robert K. Greenleaf
There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs. — James Hunter
The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper. — Socrates
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need.
You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing — Carlos Ghosn
Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most. — James Hunter
Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others. — Robert K. Greenleaf
A leadership will be successful if it is able to serve the bottom. — Joko Widodo
Leadership And Service Quotes
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. — John J. Pershing
The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price. — Eugene Habecker
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Knowledge people and service people learn the most when they teach . — Peter Drucker
To have a successful career, you have to approach it as an entrepreneur, even if you are working for someone else. Your career is your own private business. You have to market yourself and your abilities and knowledge just as you would a product or service. — Earl G. Graves, Sr.
It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world. — J. Oswald Sanders
Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us. — John F. Kerry
I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential. — Denise Morrison
The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. — John Stott
God does not lead all His servants by one road, nor in one way, nor at one time; for God is in all things; and that man is not serving God aright, who can only serve Him in his own self-chosen way. — Johannes Tauler
A positive attitude opens the door to positive opportunities, which leads to a positive life.
I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better. — Jeff Bezos
What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star. — Dan B. Allender
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. — Nicolaus Copernicus
Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates. — Tim Walberg
The steadily inward look leads us all to death, nations as well as persons, and is equally infantile in them all. Perhaps the most useful thing I have learned in my lifetime is that the process of maturing gradually turns the mind away from the small-self to the greater-self that is only served by serving others. — Margery Wilson
But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to be able to choose for its President anybody that it wants, regardless of the number of terms he has served. That is what I believe. Now, some people have said You let him get enough power and this will lead toward a one-party government. That, I dont believe. I have got the utmost faith in the long-term common sense of the American people. Therefore, I dont think there should be any inhibitions other than those that were in the 35-year age limit and so on. I think that was enough, myself. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the Great Powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind. — John F. Kennedy
Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves. — Marvin Olasky
I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage. — Tariq Ramadan
You serve your people by leading them to excellence. That's leadership. — Horst Schulze
Learning itself, received into a mind
By nature weak, or viciously inclined,
Serves but to lead philosophers astray,
Where children would with ease discern the way. — William Cowper
Be an observer of providence; for God is showing you ever, by the way in which He leads you, whither He means to lead. Study your trials, your talents, the world's wants, and stand ready to serve God now, in whatever He brings to your hand. — Horace Bushnell
The husband who 'serves' his wife by continually yielding to her desires or her wishes is in fact asking her to do his job for him. He's ignoring his responsibility to lead. — Bob Lepine
Wherefore give all diligence to the Spirit's motion and leadings, what it moves against, and what it leads to; for now will God make all things new: A new creation, new heavens, and new earth, and new heart and mind, and a new law, a new man to walk therein with his Maker with cheerfulness, and the old bonds are broken by the Spirit's leading, and to serve in newness of spirit. — James Nayler
Is the leadership of the worldwide church in the hands of men and women who know how to lead others one by one to Jesus Christ? We are so concerned with planning and administration that there is a danger lest we allow these things to serve as an excuse for not doing the one thing on which all else depends. — Stephen Neill
The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy. — Dinesh D'Souza
It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating the homes of the elderly, lending a new terror to old age and, given Ankh-Morpork's crime rate, leading to at least one old lady having her front room wallpapered so many times in six months that now she could only get in sideways. — Terry Pratchett
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