Quotes About Leadership And Courage

#1. We need moral leadership and courage in our world.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#2. George Grant's writing is an invaluable asset to Americans in general, and to the pro-life Americans in particular. I am grateful for his leadership and courage to defend the sanctity of life, and to tell the truth at all costs.

Beverly LaHaye

#3. The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.

Richard Llewellyn

#4. Judgment is a fickle minds product...
A mind that doesn't have the courage to see beyond what it knows..
Waste of Mind, Time and all else..of others around them..

Abha Maryada Banerjee

#5. In my view, leadership is the courage to take risks in defense of a position that is both legal and moral. The politician who tries to become a wise guy by becoming friends to everybody - corrupt or not - is not a leader.

Miriam Defensor Santiago

#6. When you find a truth that surpasses your desire to fit trends and meet approval, you can be certain it's worth fighting to spread.

Caroline George

#7. Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn't feel natural or safe.

Lee Ellis

#8. When someone is walking beside us, we have more courage to walk into the unknown and to risk the dark and messy places in our journey.

Karen Kimsey-House

#9. Now more than ever, we need people with the qualities Walt had: optimism, imagination, creativity, leadership, integrity, courage, boldness, perseverance, commitment to excellence, reverence for the past, hope for tomorrow and faith in God. How

Pat Williams

#10. Your nation needs you. Your world needs you. So, use your education to become endowed with muscles of iron and nerves of steel.

Abhijit Naskar

#11. If you want to lead others into a strong future: You need to be keenly aware of how your own inner truths - biases, fears, courage, values and dreams - do or do not impact the daily work of others.

Bill Jensen

#12. The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.

George Roche III

#13. You are a leader when your actions encourage someone to reveal himself with hope, courage, confidence and trust.

Debasish Mridha

#14. What I know about my country is that when America is challenged, we rise to the occasion. When we're fearful, we become divided. When we're courageous and have good leadership, we unite.

Keith Ellison

#15. Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

Ron Fournier

#16. MAHARAJA-Leaders are not born but are made with ultimate qualities of courage, wisdom, sacrifice and benevolence.

Bhargava Kodavanti

#17. In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Those four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try.

Mike Krzyzewski

#18. Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher; come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth.

Germany Kent

#19. Stop groveling, stop whining and start working!

Abhijit Naskar

#20. Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

David Cameron

#21. When faced with a challenging or difficult situation, the best leaders most often respond with courage; less mature leaders, or nonleaders often choose another path-a path with less risk, less conflict, and less personal discomfort.

Mark Miller

#22. Success = Wisdom + Courage + Discipline. KNOW what to do, be BRAVE enough to do it, and LEAD YOURSELF to doing it again and again.

Ryan Lilly

#23. Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

Paul Keating

#24. A great leader fights with great adversity, suffers greatly, but courageously, and never forget to help others is his ultimate duty.

Debasish Mridha

#25. Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.

George Washington

#26. Resist the short term temptation of procrastination; the immediate pleasure and relief that it brings does not fair in comparison to the long lasting damage it does to your dreams and goals.

Noel DeJesus

#27. 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

#28. Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

Janet Reno

#29. Today's president, CEO or managing director needs to be a disruptive influence with imagination, vision, and courage to lead the organization into new and dangerous territory. The leader must be an entrepreneurial driver who can inspire the team to boldly venture into uncharted lands.

Paul Sloane

#30. As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.

Bob Schaffer

#31. When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow.

Jerry Porras

#32. As a leader, if you follow your heart, you will have the courage to take on any risk because your heart will lead you to the solution and avoid the risk.

Angeline Kobe Chan

#33. The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their own visions and who will recognise clearly that we are only at the beginning of the voyage, and have to learn an entirely new system of seamanship.

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

#34. We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges

Thomas Narofsky

#35. Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities.

Gustav Nossal

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

T.A. Uner

#37. God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Desiderius Erasmus

#38. Whilst your memory is as sharp as the most reliable computer, it is always wiser to write things down. Pre-meditation helps the refining process, taking out the undesirable elements from a dream or vision, even mounting the courage to face and overcome challenges before they appear in reality.

Archibald Marwizi

#39. Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and sternness.

Sun Tzu

#40. The lift is about SPEED and COMFORT, but the stairs are about CERTAINTY! The lift may go wrong but stairs seldom do, you can always take the stairs. They are BOUND to take you UP and to the END as long as you continue to climb!

Abha Maryada Banerjee

#41. Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.

Bill Hybels

#42. I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.

Laozi

#43. Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#44. The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.

Regis Debray

#45. What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of the many unsung Women Sheroes of past and present.

Emory Douglas

#46. Allowing yourself to follow the crevices of your heart lines is a messy process and not easy to characterize or rationalize into neat and tidy lists and boxes.

Maureen Chiquet

#47. 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

#48. Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common
to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

John McCain

#49. The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Martin Luther

#50. For a leader, courage, love, and passion for service are the virtues of life.

Debasish Mridha

#51. Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.

John Buchan

#52. The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.

Christopher Moore

#53. We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.

Joe Paterno

#54. Believing in your potential and calling upon your courage to change will fuel your professional growth and help you accomplish goals.

John Manning

#55. In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

W.E.B. Du Bois

#56. Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.

Gary Rohrmayer

#57. The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.

Molly Ivins

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

James Fisher

#59. People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.

Fennel Hudson

#60. leadership is about courage and the ability to overcome unsurmountable challenges,

Sudha Menon

#61. 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

#62. President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship.

Wesley Clark

#63. Smile and Slay.
You have to slay it in life or life will slay you.

Janna Cachola

#64. Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Jesse Jackson

#65. Any goal, no matter what size, can be achieved if it is tackled with courage, initiative, perseverance, and integrity.

Angie Morgan

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

Angela Lynne Craig

#67. Leaders exude courage by sacrificing their popularity for their values and beliefs.

Noel DeJesus

#68. It is your life...OWN IT! Your life purpose empowers you and enables you to live life abundantly. Empowerment begins by taking responsibility for your life and being accountable for your actions. Empowerment is the courage to live passionately and purposefully each day

Thomas Narofsky

#69. It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

#70. Courage is the belief in self, and the possible ability to prevail in the face of adversity.

Tony Dovale

#71. Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.

Michael D. Higgins

#72. I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead and to decide. I was now studying the third: how to take the calculated risk. I was going to alienate some people, like it or not. The moment you decide, you divide.

Tony Blair

#73. There are themes that somehow stir me and that I find very interesting. They're themes that deal with leadership, the nature of bravery and courage, and how to define those.

Stephen Lang

#74. The courageous attitudes of leaders ramble around coward followers and sooner or later, they become courageous too!

Israelmore Ayivor

#75. Think of strength, dream of strength, live of strength.

Abhijit Naskar

#76. Integrity is the source of new solutions and innovations; courage is a means of halting progress down a wrong road.

Scott K. Edinger

#77. Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies.

William A. Adams