It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

— Nelson Mandela

Unusual Take The Lead quotations

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

Take the lead quote Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest ste
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road.

Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. Henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing.

Take the lead quote Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.
Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

Now sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation.

Accumulated frustration leads to what Freud calls the process of sublimation. Anything that does not take place erotically sublimates itself in the work of art

Take the lead quote Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.

Communists must never separate themselves from the majority of the people or neglect them by leading only a few progressive contingents in an isolated and rash advance, but must take care to forge close links between the progressive elements and the broad masses. This is what thinking in terms of the majority means.

The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

Take the lead quote Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the old
Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be again.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, .

.. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

I give myself this advice: Do not fear truth, let it be ever so contrary to inclination and feeling. Never give up the search after it; and let me take courage, and try from the bottom of my heart to do that which I believe truth dictates, if it lead me to be a Quaker or not

The goal of faith isn't to take away your fears but to leverage those fears to create bolder belief. Faith leads you past your fears and reassures you of God's presence. And after a while, you begin to trust that God is going to lift you above the waves this time just like he did last time.

Take the lead quote Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going.
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment.

Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.

Take the lead quote Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower t
Accept both compliments and criticism. It takes both sun and rain for a flower to grow.

The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.

Life is sacred? Who said so, God? Hey, if you read history you'll realize that God is one of the leading causes of death...has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, all taking turns killing each other because God told them it was a good idea.

When you do the right thing, enjoy it! When you take positive actions, enjoy them. After all, they are leading you toward positive results. Pat yourself on the back. Truly enjoy the fact that you're making positive progress, and the negative temptations will have no power over you.

Take the lead quote A positive attitude opens the door to positive opportunities, which leads to a p
A positive attitude opens the door to positive opportunities, which leads to a positive life.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead.

Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

It’s pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want

Take the lead quote It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief
It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free from him, the more enchained we become. Every step we take away from Him leads us farther from the freedom of Jesus and closer to the cruelty of Cain.

Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment

You cannot have a boundary-less existence, because your neighbor has his own boundaries, and who is going to give you the ethics between the two boundaries? If there is no objective moral law, relativism will take hold, and relativism ultimately will lead to self-destruction.

Take the lead quote Ho who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Ho who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

All my friends got dogs and cats for Christmas, and I got a starfish called Roy.

I used to take him down to the park on a lead.

Unless you have already put God first, for example, what you will have to do to be financially secure, impress other people, or fulfill your desires will invariably lead you against God's wishes. That is why the first of the Ten Commandments, “You shall have no gods who take priority over me,” is the first of the Ten Commandments.

If you're not ready to get married, don't grab at a relationship.

Patiently wait for the right time to start one that can eventually lead to marriage. If you're ready for marriage and you're in a relationship, don't let impatience cause you to rush. Take your time. Enjoy where God has the two of you right now.

Take the lead quote Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves.

We have to step up as women and take the lead.

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

Take the lead quote Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up beign the biggest ste
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up beign the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you - you'll get there.

O Eternal God, now may it please you to burn in love so that we become the limbs fashioned in the love you felt when you begot your Son at the first dawn before all creation. And consider this need which falls upon us, take it from us for the sake of your Son, and lead us to the joy of your salvation.

Learn to lead in a nourishing manner.

Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.

I used my mother's radio as a PA system.

I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker.