Leadership Characteristics Quotes

#1. Authentic leadership is the full expression of "me" for the benefit of "we".

Henna Inam

#2. Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.

John R. Dallas Jr.

#3. Authentic leadership is leading adaptively from your core, choosing who you're most inspired to be to serve the greatest good in this moment.

Henna Inam

#4. All the calculus, quantum mechanics and languages in the world are worthless pieces of information, if they are not brought to the service of the society.

Abhijit Naskar

#5. It is easy to lead from the front when there are no obstacles before you, the true colors of a leader are exposed when placed under fire.

Mark W. Boyer

#6. Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies

Gary Rohrmayer

#7. Help does not come from anywhere outside - it comes only from within ourselves.

Abhijit Naskar

#8. Whatever you do, do it as a master, not as a slave.

Abhijit Naskar

#9. Which do you want to be: a proficient manager or a Leader of Character? The first creates compliant employees. The second leads committed followers!

Dave Anderson

#10. Keeping or holding on to a concept shows belief but building or adding to it shows confidence and depth of character.

Delma Pryce

#11. Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first , and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.

Henrietta Newton Martin

#12. Attitude is your number one weapon against mediocrity.

Angela Lynne Craig

#13. When a leader is at their limit the last thing they want to hear is that they need to change even more. Maintaining good rhythms of rest, exercise and fun create more energy for a leader to be willing and open for change.

Gary Rohrmayer

#14. Having margins in your life strips away external voices and allows that person to remember and honor the true self within.

Angela Lynne Craig

#15. There is no better manager than a natural born one.

Rossana Condoleo

#16. Great leaders create great cultures regardless of the dominant culture in the organization.

Bob Anderson

#17. Organisations are innovating quicker than ever. Your members need to excel from being a team player to a team builder.

Janna Cachola

#18. Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

John C. Maxwell

#19. Great leaders are teachable leaders.

Gary Rohrmayer

#20. What are we if we are not disciplined?

Rob Liano

#21. I believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine.

Saji Ijiyemi

#22. Money follows mission, not the reverse. This is a shorthand way of saying that the stronger the congregation's relational characteristics, the easier it is to raise money. The stronger the congregation's mission, visitation, groupings, leadership, and decision making, the stronger the giving.

Kennon Callahan

#23. We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Wendy Kopp

#24. A good businessman is hard to bruise and quick to heal.

Richard Preston

#25. Most employees are never made or allowed to understand the real meaning behind the work that they are doing. So, for how long can someone remain motivated about chasing something without knowing what he is chasing and why?

Abhishek Ratna

#26. Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.

Gary Rohrmayer

#27. The point is, a leader does what he thinks is right, not what he thinks the popular thing is.

Bill Maher

#28. Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others.

Amit Ray

#29. Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion.

Abhijit Naskar

#30. One cannot lead well until one learns to follow well.

Jacqueline Patricks

#31. A leaders gentle reaction and sound instruction are their greatest weapons.

Gary Rohrmayer

#32. If you can't handle the answer, then don't ask the question.

T.A. Uner

#33. Leadership is leading the way, guiding the way, living the way ...

Jayce O'Neal

#34. Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it.

Frank Sonnenberg

#35. If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea. If you want pleasure, have pleasure from the pursuit of your passion. If you want to be indoctrinated, then be so by the natural law of humanism.

Abhijit Naskar

#36. Whether a chief executive officer (CEO) is applying the practices to build an organizational vision or an employee is helping a colleague resolve a problem, anyone at any organizational level can leverage leadership practices.

Gary DePaul

#37. Put your name on the mailbox.

Scott H. Dearduff

#38. Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

Martin O'Malley

#39. Effective leaders make it easy for people around them to tell the truth, to be candid and open.

Al Ritter

#40. The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself.

Sophocles

#41. There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong.

Al Ritter

#42. Remember all missional advancement always engages missional resistance.

Gary Rohrmayer

#43. Leadership is a conversation.

William A. Adams

#44. An angry leader is a scared leader or a hurt leader or a frustrated leader but most of all they are a vulnerable leader.

Gary Rohrmayer

#45. You don't die when your body stops functioning. You die when your name is uttered for the last time in the world.

Abhijit Naskar

#46. Your listening, not your speaking, is your most direct access to leadership effectiveness.

Al Ritter

#47. Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don't do.

Shawn Casemore

#48. There are no perfect leaders.

Max McKeown

#49. Stay in your lane.

Scott H. Dearduff

#50. Because discipline is misunderstood or not as valued as it has been, the United States - and some might argue the world - is experiencing a cultural leadership crisis.

John Manning

#51. In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.

Amit Ray

#52. A visionary is a leader of excellence who sees what others do not see, who achieves for now and plans for the future, who positively impacts different generations and raises up other visionaries.

Onyi Anyado

#53. You will see true character after a defeated ambition

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#54. Rest and comfort are two different things. Rest is a planned temporary time to refresh and refocus the leader. Comfort is when you settle into unproductive routines and accept satisfactory or unsatisfactory results.

Gary Rohrmayer

#55. To the degree you experience a love deficit you will also manifest a leadership deficit.

Glenn C. Stewart

#56. A boss in essence is every woman willing to try, push, succeed, fail but ultimately do the work in her lifescape to make her mark on the world the way she wants to draw it.

Jaha Knight

#57. As a leader, it's critical to take the time to reflect in order to create a powerful vision for the company.

Bonnie Marcus

#58. Be the start of something that is good, revolutionary and powerful. Everything after that is a bonus!

Carlos Wallace

#59. Leadership is more about purpose than it is about position.

Michele Jennae

#60. Human Dignity has five characteristics : A playful curiosity,a capacity for dreams, a sense of humor to achieve and correct those dreams, a certain flexibility and spontaenity of behavior, a capacity to fight for and save those dreams !

Abha Maryada Banerjee

#61. Real leadership is not seeking the applause from followers; real leadership is applauding the followers who become leaders.

Onyi Anyado

#62. Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives - our lives and the lives of the people we touch.

Dave Anderson

#63. There are few second chances when it comes to establishing your leadership legacy.

Scott H. Dearduff

#64. Competition is created from within, when you make a conscious decision to demand more from yourself.

Mark W. Boyer

#65. Many have came before you and many will come after you, but none will ever be you. Some may even try to duplicate your characteristics, but they'll never succeed because you are unique.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

#66. Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

Gary Rohrmayer

#67. Most characteristics associated with leaders are masculine: dominance, authority, assertiveness, and so forth.

Barbara Kellerman

#68. Don't let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

Cheryl A. Bachelder

#69. Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame.

Courtney Lynch

#70. Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to development
of leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you are
shooting for if you are going to hit the target.

Gary Rohrmayer

#71. Actions Matter: Do As I Do. Not As I Say.

Frank Sonnenberg

#72. A person's disposition should serve as a narrative of their lives not the pigmentation of their skin.

Henry Johnson Jr

#73. If you want to know the real character of man, intentionally and timely give him the test of 3d's; delay, denial and disappointment

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#74. If your endeavors result in success of the company in a continuity of at
least a few years, you are a successful manager. If other companies follow
your business approach, you are certainly an important manager with
leader characteristics.

Eraldo Banovac

#75. Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will," or "I will not," and mean it?

John William Heisman

#76. Leaders set the context and create the conditions in which individuals and organizations thrive.

Bob Anderson

#77. We must be present enough and receptive enough to "hear" with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

Henry Kimsey-House

#78. I am not smart, I pay attention.
I am not considerate, I listen.
I am not patient, I make time.
I'm not lucky, I work hard.

Mark W. Boyer

#79. More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.

Warren G. Bennis

#80. Effective leaders are good spotters. They are on the lookout for
potential leaders. They have the ability to look beyond other's deficiencies to
see their possibilities.

Gary Rohrmayer

#81. Authenticity is a practice we choose in each present moment. It is not a plan or a destination to get to. The choices we make in the now are most important because in a fast-changing world, flexing to what's happening now, and creating from it is a critical leadership skill.

Henna Inam

#82. Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

Henna Inam

#83. Integrity is the soul of leadership! Trust is the engine of leadership!

Amine A. Ayad

#84. The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future.

Pearl Zhu

#85. ReThink your success mindset: In life, the stuff that really matters most, is invisible, but palpable.

Tony Dovale

#86. Leadership is first and foremost bout character, one who is in power but not subordinate to it, one has control of money but is not lured by it, one whose position opens all doors but prefers the simplicity of lifestyle, and one who is followed by many but takes the heart of a servant.

Wilfrido V. Villacorta

#87. Yes, it's important to inspire the next generation but let's not forget to inspire the now generation too.

Onyi Anyado

#88. When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

Mark Miller

#89. The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.

James Fisher

#90. Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.

Carlos Wallace

#91. Be excellent in your own terms.

Abhijit Naskar

#92. The world needs heroes. Be a hero and build your part of the world.

Abhijit Naskar

#93. When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.

Angela Lynne Craig

#94. Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too.

Stacy Feiner

#95. True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title...

Angie Morgan

#96. GREAT LEADER'S DIRECTION FLASHES WILL SHOWER EVERY GOAL POME ON OBEISANCE LOINISATION.ANY CHAGRIN POTHER??

Various

#97. All leading from the rear gets you, is first place at the back of the line.

Mark W. Boyer

#98. Without Purpose, LIVING is downgraded to Breathing a boring routine of inhaling oxygen - waiting to exhale

Fela Durotoye

#99. Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."

~R. Alan Woods [2013]

R. Alan Woods

#100. Your reputation is what others think of you; your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated; character can only be developed and maintained.

Bohdi Sanders