Leaders think differently about themselves, and this distinguishes them from followers. Votes: 3
Myles MunroeLeaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves. Votes: 3
John C. MaxwellLeaders provide for their people what the people cannot provide for themselves. Votes: 3
John C. MaxwellLeaders exude courage by sacrificing their popularity for their values and beliefs. Votes: 3
Noel DeJesusPeople buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results. Votes: 3
Orrin WoodwardLeaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion. Votes: 3
Orrin WoodwardLeaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others. Votes: 3
Geraldine FerraroLeaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize. Votes: 3
Simon SinekLeaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin. Votes: 3
Charles R. SwindollLeaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it. Votes: 3
Marcia WhickerLeaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach. Votes: 3
Rosabeth Moss KanterLeaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world. Votes: 3
Cheryl RichardsonLeaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. Votes: 3
Brian TracyLeaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. Votes: 3
John P. KotterThat's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Votes: 3
Warren G. BennisLeaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to. Votes: 3
John C. MaxwellManagers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us. Votes: 3
Simon SinekLeaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them. Votes: 3
Colin PowellLeaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. Votes: 3
Warren BennisLeaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. Votes: 3
Warren G. BennisLeaders need 5 core competences: soul, head, hand, heart, body. Where do you need to grow? Votes: 3
Aubrey MalphursLeaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity Votes: 3
Warren G. BennisLeaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. Votes: 3
Warren BennisLeaders who have integrity possess one of the most respected virtues in all of life. Votes: 3
David CottrellLeaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism. Votes: 3
Michael EnziLeaders lead by example. No leader asks more than he is prepared to give himself. Votes: 3
David AmerlandLeaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. Votes: 3
Warren G. BennisHating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate Votes: 3
Nelson MandelaLeaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers. Votes: 3
Hans SelyeLeaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. Votes: 3
John C. MaxwellLeaders step up, even when they feel like hiding. And they do so because they care. Votes: 3
Michele JennaeThe more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond. Votes: 2
Robert Baden-PowellAs we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. Votes: 2
Bill GatesI don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders. Votes: 2
Hillary ClintonThe trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. Votes: 2
Paulo FreireGood leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Votes: 2
Warren BennisWithout initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. Votes: 0
Robert Foster BennettGreat leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves Votes: 0
Marshall GoldsmithParents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children. Votes: 0
Iyanla VanzantLet's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable. Votes: 0
Peter CosgroveWhat political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify. Votes: 0
Henry A. KissingerRemember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate. Votes: 0
Tony RobbinsWhen problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity. Votes: 0
John C. Maxwell21st century leaders use their brain cells more than their muscle tissues! Votes: 0
Israelmore AyivorWalk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders. Votes: 0
Jeff HendersonThe greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. Votes: 0
Ken BlanchardI believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine. Votes: 0
Saji IjiyemiIf you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. Votes: 0
George CarlinI think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails. Votes: 0
Meshell NdegeocelloThe greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them. Votes: 0
James C. CollinsObjective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point... Votes: 0
Quint StuderFor most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls. Votes: 0
Dan B. AllenderGreat leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition. Votes: 0
John P. KotterA leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellThe best leaders operate in four dimensions: vision, reality, ethics, and courage. Votes: 0
Peter KoestenbaumThriving leaders are the ones surrounded by diverse people from different generations. Votes: 0
Jon MertzEven though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities. Votes: 0
Pramoedya Ananta ToerStop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends. Votes: 0
Michael VenturaI've always been interested in leaders and rule breakers and artists and politicians Votes: 0
Jared LetoWe should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. Votes: 0
Ann CoulterMost people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities. Votes: 0
Orrin WoodwardRemember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyLevel 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless. Votes: 0
James C. CollinsOne of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower. Votes: 0
Jimmy CarterA little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills. Votes: 0
Ron SuskindReal leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead. Votes: 0
Pete HoekstraIn all great leaders there is a purpose and intensity which is unmistakable. Votes: 0
L. Ron HubbardGod bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace. Votes: 0
Trevor HuddlestonFemale leaders are more oriented toward real and long-lasting results of their policies. Votes: 0
Dalia GrybauskaiteAmerica would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. Votes: 0
Wilma MankillerI've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do. Votes: 0
Mike HuckabeeWe become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care. Votes: 0
Simon SinekAll our security now depends on the wise decisions and cooperation of our leaders. Votes: 0
Sergei LavrovCommon sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence. Votes: 0
VoltaireThe legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders. Votes: 0
Zbigniew BrzezinskiPoor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey. Votes: 0
Simon SinekThe amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large. Votes: 0
Daniel Kahneman[ Negro leaders] never let the white man know exactly what black people are thinking. Votes: 0
Malcolm XWe live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliIt's wrong to criticize leaders of the church, even if the criticism is true. Votes: 0
Dallin H. OaksWhy are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church? Votes: 0
Harry BelafonteThe leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal. Votes: 0
Joseph StalinThe leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy. Votes: 0
Jack KempGreat leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader. Votes: 0
Peter BurwashThe Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around. Votes: 0
Michael PollanGood leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration. Votes: 0
Jeffrey R. ImmeltYou see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls. Votes: 0
Chris ChristieThere are two kinds of leaders, cowboys and Shepherds. Cowboys drive and Shepherds lead. Votes: 0
John Paul WarrenIn the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. Votes: 0
Sheryl SandbergTo be effective as future organizations, we must know our fellow leaders better, deeper. Votes: 0
Holly DuckworthGood leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis. Votes: 0
Michael PorterI played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. Votes: 0
Leslie NielsenThe world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead. Votes: 0
Erwin McManusThe best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellWe must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse Votes: 0
William S. BurroughsGreat leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them. Votes: 0
Simon SinekUnless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellTrue worship leaders worship the Lord at all times and use songs only when necessary. Votes: 0
Gangai VictorIsraelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. Votes: 0
Benjamin NetanyahuPersistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroWe shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. Votes: 0
Mark SkousenWhen leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well. Votes: 0
Henry CloudOnly those leaders who act boldly in times of crisis and change are willingly followed. Votes: 0
James M. KouzesGun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeYoung people aren't the leaders of tomorrow. They are the leaders of today and tomorrow. Votes: 0
Kathy CalvinThe Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellIn survey after survey, the Iraqi people say, 'We want to choose our leaders.' Votes: 0
Scott McClellanThose who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level. Votes: 0
Richard RohrThe strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellAn institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiAs leaders, it all comes down to trust. Do you trust the sovereignty of God? Votes: 0
Christine CaineIn the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame. Votes: 0
Michael HeseltineEducation can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow. Votes: 0
Bel KaufmanGreat leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip. Votes: 0
John WoodenA strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues. Votes: 0
Tony CampoloThe world can teach leadership skills but only Jesus can teach you a leaders heart. Votes: 0
Gerald BrooksThe failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure. Votes: 0
Jim WallisMost leaders don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop. Votes: 0
Peter DruckerEvery human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire. Votes: 0
Colin PowellAccountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future. Votes: 0
Paul OrfaleaHigh performance leaders know they have to breathe out when they are coming up for air. Votes: 0
Andy HargreavesIt is the leaders job to add significance to the lives of the people he leads. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellAll it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a... Votes: 0
Hermann GoringThe ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while. Votes: 0
Johnny CashGood leaders are very curious, and they spend a lot of time trying to learn things. Votes: 0
Jeffrey R. ImmeltThe job of a leader today is not to create followers. It's to create more leaders. Votes: 0
Ralph NaderIf we have any criticism of our leaders, we invite Satan into our lives and beliefs. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonLegacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture. Votes: 0
Bill HybelsKnowing what matters most, what I call "being real," is the alpha and omega for leaders. Votes: 0
Stewart D. FriedmanOur job as marketers and leaders, is to create vibrant pockets, not to hunt for mass. Votes: 0
Seth GodinWe are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier. Votes: 0
Brandi ChastainIn Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders. Votes: 0
Jack KingstonLots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected. Votes: 0
Don ShulaLike leaders in many walks of life, my business has been to serve with, and for, others. Votes: 0
Stanley A. McChrystalWe are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century Votes: 0
Oriana FallaciWe are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century. Votes: 0
Oriana FallaciI am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders. Votes: 0
Nicolas SarkozyTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerAlas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.
David BrinWe are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers.
Edward SnowdenI think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.
Louis FarrakhanIt's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.
Michael SheenWhen civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible.
Pier Giorgio Di CiccoReligious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.
Thomas JeffersonGreat leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.
Charles KrauthammerPeople follow those who act like leaders, not those who proclaim themselves to be leaders.
Chris AlexanderIt is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.
Franz von PapenEffective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.
John WoodenIf people disobey, don't ask what is wrong with them, ask what's wrong with their leaders.
Malcolm GladwellWe will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.
Mike BickleI don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.
Paul RieckhoffLeaders are creators. They bring their visions to fruitition through the creative process.
Phil PringleGovernment never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins.
Tony SnowIneffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.
Warren G. BennisIt is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.
Billy GrahamGreat leaders focus on equipping their team. It is unfair to expect what you did not equip.
Chris HoganEffective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
Colin PowellOne percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.
John McGrawAll leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.
Julie Nixon EisenhowerThe leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.
Marcus Tullius CiceroA true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders.
Neale Donald WalschYou shouldn't blindly accept a leader's advice. You've got to question leaders on occasion.
Richard BransonI think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.
Thomas CechI ask the GOP leaders also to stand up for the integrity of the American electoral process.
Tim KaineGrowing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.
Warren G. BennisTrue leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.
Bill ByrdWe must be prepared to keep pace with our leaders, stride for their every lengthened stride.
M. Russell Ballard...all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing.
MoliereMost of us are not leaders today because, in our hearts we don't believe that is who we are.
Myles MunroeThe oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.
Paulo FreireLeaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.
Seth GodinMost people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
Stephen CoveyI have made it a habit not to speculate over the psychological state of our elected leaders.
Wladyslaw BartoszewskiThe idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved.
Arthur LydiardThe point is ISIL leaders cannot hide. And our next message to them is simple - you are next.
Barack ObamaIf leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?
Bill HybelsYou deserve whoever governs you ... Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.
Greg BearEffective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best
John C. MaxwellThere are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
Mickey MantleIndependent India's leaders will neither use a foreign language nor rule from a remote place.
Vallabhbhai PatelAs leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization.
Jack WelchLeaders shouldn?t attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can?t compromise.
Peter DruckerLeadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.
Peter DruckerLeaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.
Orrin WoodwardLeaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.
Andy StanleyThe true mark of a Christian leader is trying to build up other people. Raise up other leaders!
Charles ColsonWhen you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.
Craig GroeschelI had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.
Edward SnowdenCause we they leaders, and they the followers And we the nut-busters and they the swallowers'
Kanye WestDonald Trump is going to work on infrastructure, building the wall. He's going to farm leaders.
Kellyanne ConwayThere have been so many nations around the world that have had female leaders, including India.
Priyanka ChopraEveryone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
Sheryl SandbergFollowers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders.
Simon SinekMost media leaders are liberal and much of their programming reflects anti-Christian sentiment.
Tim LaHayeThe first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.
Brian TracyThe best leaders collect information widely, listen to everybody, and then decide by themselves.
Ed BearssLeaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
John StottWhen people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.
Lakshmi MittalPolitical leaders need to formulate long-term EU goals that show: Yes, we want to stay together.
Martin SchulzEffective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.
Samuel WilsonThis is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making.
Steve BallmerPerhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.
Warren G. BennisGovernment leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
Aung San Suu KyiLeaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
John C. MaxwellGrow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.
John C. MaxwellEffective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.
John C. MaxwellThe political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.
Thomas SowellIt is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
Warren G. BennisThe proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.
David GergenBe a mentor to others. Your most important legacy is preparing new leaders to carry on your goals.
Ellen SauerbreyI believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders.
Kirsten GillibrandThe leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.
Simon SinekConfident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.
Thom S. RainerThere are leaders and there are followers. Followers follow leaders and leaders follow their heart
will.i.amHow fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think).
Adolf HitlerFew things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall,
Antony BeevorHines Ward, Plaxico Burress, Jerome Bettis-they are great leaders. I listen to everything they say.
Ben RoethlisbergerSaudi Arabia has lost one of its dutiful sons, a leader among the most dear of its leaders and men.
Hosni MubarakLeaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey.
James M. KouzesGreat leaders don't try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that's what makes them great.
Simon SinekHigh performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past.
Andy HargreavesLeaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
Barbara CorcoranFor years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port EllenLeaders are defined by the decisions they make ... Leaders rise and fall by the decisions they make.
Mario Daniel VegaSuccessful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.
Marshall GoldsmithIt distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.
Max BeerbohmA friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.
Max de PreeTo be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.
Meg WhitmanWe are willing to follow leaders only to the extent we believe they call on our best, not our worst.
Rachel MaddowYou did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.
Tonya HurleySmart leaders believe only half of what they hear. Discerning leaders know which have to believe.
John C. Maxwell