Top 99 Leadership Action Quotes
#1. When you interact with people who are insecure, you must watch your every word and action you take. Secure people give you the freedom to make innocent mistakes.
Assegid Habtewold
#2. We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.
Queen Elizabeth II
#3. Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.
Vince Lombardi
#4. If the practices and processes inside a company don't drive the execution of values, then people don't get it. The question is, do you create a culture of behavior and action that really demonstrates those values and a reward system for those who adhere to them?
Lou Gerstner
#5. Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better.
John P. Kotter
#6. Simply thinking creatively is not the same as being innovative, and only those who risk breaking out of their comfort zone by putting thought into action will discover the profusion of opportunity that exists.
Michael Lum
#7. Knowledge is key, without knowledge, leadership, and action plans that fit the actual challenges, all of our businesses and organizations are lost. By providing training, offering moments to come together and exchange best practices all of us can stay on top of our field.
Inge Ignatia De Waard
#8. When you choose to act on your problems, you cease to be a victim of circumstance and become a force of change; that's when you transition to not only being a survivor, but to being a leader or hero too, and an inspiration to those still in the victim's mindset.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#9. True leadership is the orchestration of truth into action to shine Light into darkness.
Orrin Woodward
#10. Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you ... You are made by the struggles you choose.
C. T. Vivian
#12. Leadership calls for both wisdom and courage; the wisdom to know what to do is only half the battle. We must be courageous enough to actually do it.
Kellen Roggenbuck
#13. Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures.
Diana Whitney
#14. In Hitler the rare union has taken place between the most acute logical thinker and truly profound philosopher, and the iron man of action ... I follow no leadership but that of Adolf Hitler and of God.
Hermann Goring
#15. The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.
Ken Blanchard
#16. Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.
Joseph M. Juran
#17. As the leadership team, we're taking bold and decisive action to evolve our organization and culture. This includes difficult steps, but they are necessary to position Microsoft for future growth and industry leadership.
Amy Hood
#18. Democracy, thus French revolution, was not invented by philosophic theory nor by the bourgeois leadership. It was discovered by the masses in their method of action.
Raya Dunayevskaya
#19. Without action, a vision is just a piece of paper. In education, we have lots of paper.
William Sterrett
#20. It is not the time to put school districts up for auction. Now is the time to galvanize them into action.
Andy Hargreaves
#21. Every action has an impact; choose wisely the impact you want to have.
Mindy Hall
#22. Seeing what is wrong and how it could be made right propels us into action, but in that action we often leave other people behind and don't give ourselves enough time to be present, or to stop and reflect. Leaders have to get comfortable with pausing in that uncomfortable gap.
Jennifer Lawrence
#23. It was not feasible to lose time in making careful surveys or extensive preliminary studies of possible control methods; learn how to get rid of Anopheles gambiae by actually getting rid of Anopheles gambiae.
Fred Lowe Soper
#24. Now is the time to reinvent yourself and develop a new plan of action. Now is the time to create new actions and practices that are focused on growth and development in your personal and professional life. Now is the time to unleash your leadership potential and ignite your passion to lead.
Thomas Narofsky
#25. People are successful because they think and act like successful people.
Roy Bennett
#26. Leadership is the art of invoking wisdom and right action out of the people needed to accomplish the goal.
Sandy Smith
#27. Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.
Gregory The Great
#28. Thoughts are free, talk is cheap, and action is expensive. What's your worth?
Noel DeJesus
#29. Thought Creates Action and Action creates Reality! You can either let it happen or MAKE IT HAPPEN !
Abha Maryada Banerjee
#30. The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.
Warren G. Bennis
#31. All progress begins with a decision. Effective leadership requires decisive action. Embrace the process of deciding, yet recognize when you have reached a choice point.
Angie Morgan
#32. Some of us need to put down the megaphone and just grab a shovel. Little less talk and a lot more action.
Brad Lomenick
#33. Practice non-action. Work without doing.
Laozi
#34. I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students.
Jeb Bush
#35. Watch your Karma, for your karma is always watching you..Profound lesson that has never gone wrong..!
Abha Maryada Banerjee
#36. Courageous leaders face unpleasant and even devastating situations with equanimity, then act firmly to bring good from trouble, even if their action is unpopular. Leadership always faces natural human inertia and opposition. But courage follows through with a task until it is done.
J. Oswald Sanders
#37. The reason why nothing happens is because nothing was done. Something will happen when something is done. Leaders take actions!
Israelmore Ayivor
#38. Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
Warren G. Bennis
#39. Leaders must live by the same principles and values that they expect from their teams and people. Leadership is about action: leaders must do their part before asking others to do theirs. Walk the walk; don't just talk.
Brian Hiner
#40. The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Robert Kiyosaki
#41. Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
Brian Tracy
#42. You had decided upon your course of action already. But that did not stop you from having a discussion, allowing us to be a part of the decision. Somehow, you guided us all into saying what you wanted to hear. And yet, you made each one of us feel as if it was our own decision. That is leadership.
Amish Tripathi
#43. To change you must want to change, you must be responsible for the change, and then take action to make the change. It is your race to run so you need to choose your road wisely.
Thomas Narofsky
#44. Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.
Pearl S. Buck
#45. With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.
Max McKeown
#46. For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement's voice.
Adam Braun
#47. Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.
Mollie Marti
#49. Good leadership puts the interests of the community as a whole before those of any specific group. Credibility of leadership can only be established through action and not words.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
#50. An effective leader creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others. They remove distractions; grasps the bigger picture, focuses on one task at a time; completes the task competently and organizes for the future.
Ken Wyatt
#51. If you don't know what you value in life, then you won't be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future.
Shannon L. Alder
#52. People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
Howard Schultz
#53. Watch out; success will only arrive when your action are strong enough to attract them.
Israelmore Ayivor
#54. Beginning to work your plan means movement and action. The success of your movements and actions can only be guaranteed if they are well calculated.
Archibald Marwizi
#55. The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action.
Vince Lombardi
#56. Leadership is not a voice crying in the wilderness, aloof and apart. It requires an ability to command as well as to inspire, to learn in the process of collaboration and to build a team with a common purpose that can take action and execute the change they envision.
Bob Rae
#57. As Antiquus's son, I was next in line to be the leader of my village ... But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action.
Tony DiTerlizzi
#58. Rethink success: Few people will ever discover that the most important business they will ever run.. is their life!
Tony Dovale
#59. To lead from the front you must get off your behind.
Orrin Woodward
#60. Strategize yearly, plan quarterly, examine monthly, reflect weekly, act daily, and live #intentionally.
Farshad Asl
#61. Don't waste time. Avoid the company of wasteful people who lack the desire to achieve. Become assertive and action-oriented.
Archibald Marwizi
#62. I can not think for others or without others,nor can others think for me. Even if the people's thinking is superstitious or naive,it is only as they rethink their assumptions in action that they can change. Producing and acting upon their own ideas - not consuming those of others.
Paulo Freire
#63. It is much easier to evaluate perfect rather than partial results.
Fred Lowe Soper
#64. The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.
Leonard Boswell
#65. Between a plan and it's achievement is a leader in the middle. With his one arm he makes the plan. With the other one he carries them through.
Israelmore Ayivor
#66. Action w/o orchestration is burn out; orchestration w/o action is management; action with orchestration is leadership.
Orrin Woodward
#67. But leadership is not inherited. It is earned through action. You are a leader, Eva Nine. A hero. And you are my WondLa -Rovender
Tony DiTerlizzi
#68. Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.
Travis Bradberry
#69. In the end, leadership comes down to consistency and strong, confident action upon which the team can rely - and this doesn't mean imposing a bunch of rules.
Don Yaeger
#70. One should clearly know that " Every thought that one thinks and every action based on that thought, is taking us either closer to our principal purpose or away from it" Watch out then ....as thoughts become realities!
Abha Maryada Banerjee
#71. Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.
Kenneth I. Chenault
#72. The king should act with promptitude, for without promptitude of action mere destiny never accomplishes the objects cherished by kings. The question for whether it is the king that makes the age or the age that makes the king, the king should entertain no doubt. It is the king that makes the age.
Meera Uberoi
#73. Three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.
Ninian Stephen
#74. Action is the bridge between thought and reality.
Richie Norton
#75. Vision without an Action is Illusion. Action without a Vision is Confusion.
Sunny John
#77. Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.
Kay Bailey Hutchison
#78. Trying to influence another person without first establishing a relationship is like trying to boil water outside of a kettle. Trust, like the kettle, is the vessel in which all things work together to generate powerful action
Denis G. McLaughlin
#79. As noble as our intentions might be as we assume a leadership role, we are always one errant, unthinking action or careless word away from getting outside the boundaries of good judgment or even the moral absolutes that must frame all decisions.
Tim Irwin
#80. Try not to leave your work for someone else to do. If possible, carry the work of someone and add it to yours. That's a trait of leaders!
Israelmore Ayivor
#81. Change does not surface when you are not ready to be the catalyst. Your reaction matters, not your inaction.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#82. Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.
Simon Sinek
#84. The deep desire for success must cause a dream to rise to the surface and inspire you to action. The dream must be supported in the physical and natural realm to help you believe more and more in the possibility of its realization.
Archibald Marwizi
#85. Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.
Warren G. Bennis
#86. Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.
Abraham Zaleznik
#87. The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty.
Bill Gates
#88. If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.
Jakaya Kikwete
#89. Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.
Cory Booker
#90. Authenticity requires us to slow down. Fast times require us to slow down. To be effective, we need to slow down our pace of thought and action and focus on managing our attention. To be authentic leaders we need to act from intention and choice rather than from habit and impulse.
Henna Inam
#92. Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.
Seth Godin
#93. Do not lose focus because of small wins or temporary set-backs. You can only score if you keep your eyes on the ball and be certain of where you want to place it even if you are not in physical sight of the goal. Visualise the dream but never take your eyes off the dynamic plan of action.
Archibald Marwizi
#94. Today this courtyard was filled with great warriors. What is more? But it was not filled with great men who have the heart to rule a kingdom. Any man can kill, Finnikin. It is a stroke, an action with one's hand. But not every man knows how to lead.
Melina Marchetta
#95. Don't just have dreams. Take actions too. To make it possible, begin every dream with a simple action and your interest will beam out.
Israelmore Ayivor
#96. I use your trust in me to compel that will to action. That's leadership.
Robert J. Crane
#97. For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.
Mo Ibrahim
#98. A mission without action is equally ineffective and futile as action without mission. Use the "power of precision," and remember language shapes thought and thought shapes action.
Archibald Marwizi
#99. Too many leaders fancy themselves on being philosophers, but not enough pride themselves on decisive action.
Noel DeJesus
