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Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.
Sep 24, 2025
Power isn't control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
When you meet these outstanding leaders who have been through a programme that empowers them to take positive action, to make things better for people, for animals and for the environment - when you watch them interact and they start brainstorming, you realise you can relax, because they have got it right. They understand that there's more to this life than just money.
Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Earn your leadership every day.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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