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A true leader produces more leaders.
Sep 30, 2025
True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.
True leaders are the first to admit that they don't know everything and that they need help.
The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one’s replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.
When you focus on how people feel about what they are saying, you increase the level of true concern you have for others. You actually start to become the person you thought you were pretending to be: a true leader!
The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.
Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.
True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.
A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.
I had the honor to meet Geraldine Ferraro on a few occasions over the years at the DNC and what struck me was how she managed to be both gutsy and graceful at the same time. Without a doubt she was a trailblazer who not only stepped outside the box but who dared to redefine it. I always left her presence with the sense that she truly knew what she was talking about but that she never felt the need to browbeat you with it - instead she inspired people to listen and then act, and to me thats the hallmark of a true leader.
If you want to be a great leader, you have to put the interest of the country above your own. I would like to think that true leadership is not just telling people what they want to hear but helping them understand things, so you can explain to them what you think is best, and then they can judge you on that.
True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
Peyton Manning is a true leader. A legend. I love the way he is always in control. You never see him too frustrated, never see him too happy.
The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them by the stimulating influence of the inspiration that he can impart. The true leader makes his followers twice the men they were before.
A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.
To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures of the social order. In this light, there is no true leadership without putting at risk one's time, wealth, reputation, and position.
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.
The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things we are afraid of doing.
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.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
Bill Clinton has been a true leader of the western world. He has been a friend and a counsel to me and other leaders right around the world.
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used, ignoring the problems of people in this country and around the world, being one of the worst environmental violators on earth, standing against any sort of viable programs to protect the world's forests or to cut down on acid rain or the global warming or ozone depletion. We can ignore human rights violations in other countries, or we can take these things on as true leaders ought to and accept the inspiring challenge of America for the future.
Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal - as they are, and not as they ought to be.
Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.
Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done.
True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.