180 quotes found
“A leader would think that most people overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
“On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relat...”
“Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people.”
“I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.”
“As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over eff...”
“Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration.”
“It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride a...”
“If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.”
“A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”
“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”
“Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that...”
“I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is ...”
“They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.”
“Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.”
“To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.”
“In Islamic societies, politicians can manipulate almost everything. But thus far, no fundamentalist leader has been able to convince his supporters to renounce Islam's central virtue - the principl...”
“If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool lead...”
“My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.”
“Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.”
“Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head...”
