Quotes About Authentic Leaders

#1. The indescribable sense of yearning emanated from him. He wanted her as much as she did him. His longing for her filled her up, choking her with need, leaving her breathless.

Julia Laque

#2. I came a fabulous opera. I saw that all beings have a fatality for happiness: action is not life, but a way of spending your strength, an irritation. Morality is a weakness of the brain.

Arthur Rimbaud

#3. Best friends always know when the other's lying.

Wendy Mass

#4. When we limit ourselves by being the person we "should" be, we limit our aliveness. We may achieve success but not fulfillment because we are not living out all the important truths about ourselves, truths we need to slow down to excavate.

Henna Inam

#5. Authentic leaders are often accused of being "controlling" by those who idly sit by and do nothing

John Paul Warren

#6. You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.

Denis Leary

#7. I'm an 'in the shower' or 'in the booth' kind of singer. I can sing, but I need either nobody to be able to hear me, or for me to be able to redo it.

T.I.

#8. For how can a man stand, unless he have something sure under his feet. Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing? Better give in and drown at once.

D.H. Lawrence

#9. When government gets out of the way, the people achieve great things because of the promise of great rewards.

Monica Crowley

#10. Professionalism is always the enemy of authentic gospel leadership. Leaders

Tim Chester

#11. Be more loving. Great teams are built by authentic leaders who are not afraid to speak truthfully and show kindness. This is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength.

Robin S. Sharma

#12. Practice holding labels lightly as leaders so you have greater range in your behaviors and are more adaptable and effective in a greater range of situations.

Henna Inam

#13. We Americans are too often like children, steeped in moral tales that lack complexity and nuanced meaning.

(from the foreword in The War I survived Was Vietnam by Michael Uhl)

Steve Rees

#14. I don't think people are skeptical. I think people appreciate the authenticity, actually. I think people are looking for authentic leaders these days and being yourself.

Mark T Bertolini

#15. Actors don't have real value.

Uwe Boll

#16. Take charge of your thoughts; for either it's slaying you or serving you

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#17. Leadership is the sum total of who you are. Leaders are developed not simply born and
we can all develop ourselves to be able to guide others. Anyone who follows their internal
compass can become an authentic leader.

Bill George

#18. To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.

Benjamin Franklin

#19. 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

#20. People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

Werner Herzog