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Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.
A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.
My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.
The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.
I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way.
If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.
I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.
The success of any change depends, in large measure, on your attitude about that change.
Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.
For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.
A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
Good leadership means leading the way, not hectoring other people to do things your way.
I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
I used to say, "Go boldly in among the English," and then I used to go boldly in myself.
The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.
The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.
If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.
In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.
Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.
The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.
If God gives you a platform where you're influencing others, you need to steward it well.
A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
A lot of characters I've played have a certain amount of strength, pride, and leadership.
If you don't have an emotionally healthy staff you won't move forward as an organization.
I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?
We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
If a leader goes with their gut, it should be after listening first to people they trust.
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.
Sustainable leadership does no harm to and actively improves the surrounding environment.