Top 74 Leadership Is The Ability Quotes
#1. Leadership is the ability to influence people and motivate them to do what needs to be done to accomplish a goal, vision, or mission.
Robert Johnson
#2. Leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into the job where he will do his best.
J. Oswald Sanders
#3. Leadership is the ability to elicit extraordinary performance from ordinary people.
Brian Tracy
#5. Leadership is the ability to help people and organizations surpass themselves.
Mark Sanborn
#6. The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
John F. Kennedy
#7. I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.
John Wooden
#8. Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.
Vince Lombardi
#9. Leadership is the ability to get a person to do what you want him to do, when you want it done, in a way you want it done, because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#10. Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.
Brian Tracy
#11. Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.
John Wooden
#12. Leadership is the ability to see what no one else sees, to listen when others talk and the ability to be optimistic when others are pessimistic.
George T. Cummings
#13. Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.
Dianne Feinstein
#14. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow
#15. Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal.
Spencer W. Kimball
#16. Leadership is the ability to lift and inspire.
Paul Dietzel
#17. Leadership is the ability to take people to places they would be afraid to go alone.
Bob Galvin
#18. Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
Buck Rodgers
#19. Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#20. Leadership is the ability to articulate a vision and get others to carry it out.
Jeffrey A. Krames
#21. Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.
Nitin Nohria
#22. The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others.
John C. Maxwell
#23. The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy.
Max McKeown
#24. One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in yourself, in your teammates and your coach, you will succeed.
Chuck Knox
#25. What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.
Sam Manekshaw
#26. Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.
Frederick W. Smith
#27. Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.
John C. Maxwell
#28. 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
#29. Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.
George Will
#30. Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
Seth Godin
#31. Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. The real question is how do you show up when everything's falling apart?
Robin S. Sharma
#32. 2. God commanded both male and female to have dominion (v. 27). Both men and women have been given the ability and authority to lead. Leadership is not gender specific.
John C. Maxwell
#33. Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.
Orrin Woodward
#34. The ability to inspire rather than enforce loyalty is a critical quality of leadership.
Geoffrey Hindley
#35. In my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.
Joe Torre
#36. Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
Otto Von Bismarck
#37. 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.
David Niven
#38. Self Change is a 'RESPONSIBILITY' upon us ! It is not something that comes from outside of us.The realisations, the acceptance, the efforts, the thought, the actions ....all lead to change! It is our ABILITY to RESPOND to the 'Change' needed!
Abha Maryada Banerjee
#39. Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader; his ability to communicate a decision with passion and integrity is an art form.
Farshad Asl
#40. The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
Warren G. Bennis
#41. The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.
William O. Douglas
#42. The leader is one who can organize the experience of the group ... and thus get the full power of the group. The leader makes the team. This is pre-eminently the leadership quality - the ability to organize all the forces there are in an enterprise and make them serve a common purpose.
Mary Parker Follett
#43. The ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of change is what distinguishes great leaders from those just collecting a paycheck.
Todd Stocker
#44. Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.
Michael Bergdahl
#45. Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate and to connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.
Daniel H. Pink
#46. Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.
Dustin Diamond
#47. Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.
Vince Lombardi
#48. The ultimate test of a transformational leader is the ability to raise up a new generation of leaders.
Jim Louwsma
#49. Read The Charisma Factor - How to Develop Your Natural Leadership Ability by Robert J. Richardson and S. Katharine Thayer. It is a superb book for any aspiring leader, or a current one, who seeks to advance to the next level. 195.
Robin S. Sharma
#50. A level 4 leader's greatest asset is his ability to engage, empower, and equip his people; this is what creates the momentum for a significant change in the organization. He invests 80% in his people and 20% in the process.
Farshad Asl
#51. A true leader is one who creates a favourable environment to bring out the energy and ability of his team. A great leader creates more great leaders, and does not reduce the institution to a single person.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
#52. Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.
Ehud Olmert
#53. Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united
with faith in his justice
George Washington Goethals
#54. Leadership is an ability to have a great vision for the future and the ability to inspire others to follow.
Debasish Mridha
#55. unity is possible among the people of our nation with the right kind of leadership. But we the people must for ourselves determine that we will be indivisible regardless of the leadership, and we must exercise our ability to identify the divisive forces and vote them out of office.
Ben Carson
#56. He's got to have the ability, and it seems to be fairly rare, to see things as they are and at the same time as they might have been. What we mean is the eye of an artist.
Jack Finney
#57. The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.
Jack Welch
#58. Believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders.
Mark Miller
#59. One thing I have learned since coming to Tosu City is that age does not guarantee better decisions or stronger leadership. The ability to put aside personal agendas and decide what is best for the whole does.
Joelle Charbonneau
#60. The reality is that the way in which a leader conducts his personal life does, in fact, have a profound impact on his ability to exercise effective public leadership.
Samuel D. Rima
#61. Leadership is influence. It is the ability to obtain followers. When the leader lacks confidence, the followers have no commitment. A leader is great not because of his power, but because of his ability to empower others.
John C. Maxwell
#62. The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Robert Kiyosaki
#63. A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it.
Harry S. Truman
#64. When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.
Thomas Sowell
#65. Courage is the belief in self, and the possible ability to prevail in the face of adversity.
Tony Dovale
#66. Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea. And I have found that those who do achieve peace never acquiesce to obstacles, especially those constructed of bigotry, intolerance, and inflexible tradition.
Benazir Bhutto
#67. The author says one of the sources of resilience is the ability to measure and perceive early warning signs so as to adapt.
Andrew Zolli
#68. The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to manage weather related risks. The challenge of developing such an approach is complex: It must not only encompass all levels of government but must also be developed in a bipartisan manner.
Matt Cartwright
#69. Leadership is no longer defined as "having the right answers," but as an ability to engage others to find the best solutions.
James D. Showkeir
#70. leadership is about courage and the ability to overcome unsurmountable challenges,
Sudha Menon
#71. One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure
Howard Schultz
#72. But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
Chris Patten
#73. 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
#74. If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either. Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time. Long enough that the critics realize that you're going to get there one way or another ... so they follow.
Seth Godin
