Leadership Quotations
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and
I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln
“We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
- Aristotle
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
- Albert Einstein
"What we are communicates far more eloquently than
anything we say or do." - Stephen Covey
“Leadership and learning
are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy
“What you
do speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say.”
“The signs
of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers
reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required
results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? - Max De Pree
"A
good leader makes more leaders not followers." - Anonymous
"Action
expresses priorities." - Gandhi
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"Any woman who understands the problems of running
a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country"
- Margaret Thatcher
"Victorrious warriors win first and then go to
war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." - Sun
Tzu, The Art of War
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy
"If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become more... then you are a leader. - John Quincy
Adams
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are
simple.” - Dr. Seuss
“I'm not out there every day sweating for three hours just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” - Michael Jordan
“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” - Frederick Douglas
“We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.” - Bishop Desmond Tutu
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently… they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs
“Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfil.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Gandhi
“You've
got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning
or losing.” - Arthur Ashe
"You cannot make progress without
making decisions." - Jim Rohn
“Indecision is a decision as well, a decision that will keep you where you are without making any progress.”
"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." - John Lubbock
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." - Einstein
"If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Dorothy Nevill
"We have twwo ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." - Epictetus
"People often say that
motivation doesn't last. Well neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it
daily." Zig Ziglar
“It's not so important who starts the game
but who finishes it.” - John Wooden
“It's the little details
that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” - John Wooden
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
“Woork is either fun or drudgery. It depends
on your attitude. I like fun." - Colleen C. Barrett
“When nothing
is sure, everything is possible.” - Margaret Drabble
“The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.” - Eric Hoffer
“A good leader inspires people
to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence
in themselves”
“Leadership is creating a world to which people
want to belong.”
"When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind." - Seneca
"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend." - Walter Savage Landor
"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes."
- Washington Irving
“Promooting learning requires a spirit of inquiry
and openness, patience, and building in a tolerance for error and a framework
for forgiveness.” - Kouzes and Posner
"For most people, it's
not what they are that holds them back, it's what they think they are not."
"Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential."
"People never care how much you know until they know how much you care."
"There is no secret of success. Success is for everyone."
"Success is achieved in inches, not miles."
"The greatest enemy of tomorrow's success is today's success."
“People who have given up are ruled by their darkest mistakes, worst failures, and deepest regrets. If you want to be successful, then be governed by your finest thoughts, your highest enthusiasm, your greatest optimism, and your most triumphant experiences.”
"If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten"
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way."
“There they go; I must follow them, for I am their leader!”
“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.” - John Wooden
“Success
comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable
of becoming.” - John Wooden
"If we did all the things we are
capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves." - Thomas Edison
