Leaders Quotes

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
John F. Kennedy

Life, Courage, Today

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
Che Guevara

Turn, Cruel, Replaced

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Vince Lombardi

Hard, Made, Goal

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
Nelson Mandela

Great, Problems, Dream

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.
Vince Lombardi

Work, Hard, Through

Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
Barack Obama

America, Possible

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Bill Gates

Others, Next, Ahead

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S. Truman

Change, Leadership, Men

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
Nelson Mandela

Rather, Dying, Blood

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
Nelson Mandela

Living, Lead, Hiv

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
Moliere

Great, History, Political

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
H. L. Mencken

Few, Takes, Sound

Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
Barack Obama

Change, Power, Through

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
John C. Maxwell

Enough, Others, Far

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.
Sam Walton

Amazing, Themselves, Accomplish

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell

Great, Doubt, Through

I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.
Hillary Clinton

Choose, Russia, Comment

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.
Ann Coulter

War, Top, Countries

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Ken Blanchard

Power, Today, Past

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Edmund Burke

Become, Service, Themselves

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Sloan Wilson

Success, Stupid, Why

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
Pope John Paul II

Political, Through, Problems

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.
Lance Secretan

Love, Trust, Heart

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace, Give, Genuinely

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
Bo Bennett

Leadership, Simply, Initiative

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.
Margaret J. Wheatley

Work, Power, Control

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
Stephen Covey

Business, Problems, Themselves

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Leadership, Time, Great

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
Henry A. Kissinger

Opinion, Public, Actions

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader

Leadership, Function, Followers

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