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All too often our leaders shrink from their responsibilities and choose to do what is politically expedient.
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time?
The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion.
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders.
Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.
Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.
I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.
Whenever I am asked who I admire most among the leaders I have met, I have no hesitation in naming Nelson Mandela.
The children of Israel will not grow up in a state where some of its leaders sanctify hatred. I won't let hate win.
Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.
Great leaders are not proverbial fence sitters. They judge. They opine. They challenge. They fight for their vision.
The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
My husband will tell you one of the most frequent questions he gets from world leaders is, 'How's your wife's garden?'
Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them.
We see leaders in social media starting fights. I'm on the other team who likes to inspire, to leave a positive message.
Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.
Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.
As leaders, our job is to engage people so that they will want to participate in this grand experience in self governance.
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.
Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening.
Very often, when leaders repeat things over and over, they are preparing you for when that meme actually emerges in reality.
Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests.
I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.
Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.
Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy.
We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.
The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.
In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders.
If you have faith in our leaders of commerce, don't buy gold. If you do not have faith in them, maybe you should buy gold or silver.
Leaders don't change their positions mid-debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue.
Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness.
Let us not be carried away by the undisguised agitations of leaders who virtually asked people to take the law into their own hands.
Through persistent dedication, Susan B. Anthony, and other remarkable leaders, women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920.
This is our job as leaders: to offer positive solutions and empower people. Our duty is to tackle our problems before they tackle us.
If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away.