Top 100 Quotes About True Leadership
#1. True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
James C. Collins
#2. It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership ... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#3. True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.
Stephen Covey
#4. To have reservations is to show true leadership. To have certainty without question, to lead people to battle with no qualms, or to prosecute without hesitation are qualities of a tyrant.
Laura Kreitzer
#5. True leadership is the orchestration of truth into action to shine Light into darkness.
Orrin Woodward
#6. True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.
Dave Ramsey
#7. True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.
Myles Munroe
#8. Leader discover themselves through a continuous fellowship and relationship with their sources of their life and wisdom. Self-discovery is the key to true leadership!
Israelmore Ayivor
#9. True leadership means to receive power from God and use it under God's rule to serve people in God's way.
Leighton Ford
#10. True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.
Barack Obama
#11. True leadership is about pulling forth the gold in everyone and believing in people before they deserve it.
Michael Brodeur
#12. True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.
James D. Robinson III
#13. True Leadership is having multiple generations working together successfully and passionately to create significance.
Farshad Asl
#14. True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title...
Angie Morgan
#15. Servant Leadership is an oxymoron. All true Leadership is servanthood.
Todd Stocker
#16. Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed ... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
Sheryl Sandberg
#17. The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one's replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.
Myles Munroe
#18. True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.
Justin Timberlake
#19. True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
Bill Owens
#20. True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.
Leila Janah
#21. Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
#22. To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures of the social order. In this light, there is no true leadership without putting at risk one's time, wealth, reputation, and position.
James Davison Hunter
#23. True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.
Robert Townsend
#24. The best ever spiritual coach you can ever have is Jesus Christ; our model of true leadership! You can do all things through Christ your and my spiritual coach!
Israelmore Ayivor
#25. Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.
Peter Cosgrove
#26. A compassionate government does not need to pay too much attention to those who don't have needs. True leadership is to fulfill a need of the needy. People who have needs need attention indeed! Be a true leader!
Israelmore Ayivor
#27. Among the qualities most needed among those who aspire to true leadership in the fostering of peace and goodwill among the nations and in overcoming racial and religious antagonism is the cooperative spirit and objective.
John Mott
#28. If the leadership can't win a debate, then we should show true leadership and implement the democratic will of our party.
Jeremy Corbyn
#29. You don't become the person you wish to become; you become the person you choose to become. True leadership does not come true wishes; it comes by choices!
Israelmore Ayivor
#30. Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.
Israelmore Ayivor
#31. Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
George Foreman
#32. True leadership is often the mantle of the meek, who are rarely are prepared for such responsibility; which builds character in those who embrace it.
M.J. Stoddard
#34. True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.
J. Oswald Sanders
#35. True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.
Myles Munroe
#36. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.
John C. Maxwell
#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. The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
Stephen Covey
#39. True leadership, true and genuine leading requires intelligence, an independent mind, the ability to delay gratification, the ability to think long term, and above all else a spine.
Aaron Clarey
#40. Map out lofty goals ... include reasonable checkpoints along the way ... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals ... . that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success.
Steve Maraboli
#41. Governor Sanders showed true leadership and character by supporting civil rights for all during a time when many were not, His lasting positive impact on our state will be felt by many future generations of Georgians.
Nathan Deal
#42. Jesus modeled true leadership as both personal and hospitable.
Adam LiVecchi
#43. True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
J. Oswald Sanders
#44. True leadership is measured by what happens after you die.
Myles Munroe
#46. The knowledge of the Spirit is the true secret of creativity, leadership and happiness. It is spiritual intelligence that makes an ordinary person a genius. When a genius loses his spiritual intelligence, he becomes quite ordinary.
Awdhesh Singh
#47. A true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart.
Evan Meekins
#48. Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.
Warren G. Bennis
#50. 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
#51. True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.
Sheri Dew
#52. In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.
Adam Schiff
#53. Success is less about what you get at the end but more about who you become in the journey.
Deepak Burfiwala
#54. The ability to keep a cool head in an emergency, maintain poise in the midst of excitement, and to refuse to be stampeded are true marks of leadership.
Robert R. Shannon
#55. It's true, we are a highly professional force and we can produce highly lethal fighting forces, but I defy you to find more dedicated humanitarians or better friends when the chips are down.
Ken Gillespie
#56. In 'Henry V,' the story of the assumption of true and responsible leadership by Henry I think is hard-won. He has to lose friends; he has to risk his life.
Kenneth Branagh
#57. I believe that it is essential to our leadership in the world and to the development of true democracy in our country to have no discrimination in our country whatsoever. This is most important in the schools of our country.
Eleanor Roosevelt
#58. Don't be a pleaser of people just because of the fear of the losing your position. You cease to be a true leader when you do so!
Israelmore Ayivor
#59. The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
#60. As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.
Jackie Speier
#62. You live in this world once. Let your true and authentic YOU get unleashed. The world is desperately waiting your unique brand unchained.
Assegid Habtewold
#63. Your character and attitude is what takes the lead in your leadership role and you follow them as a true leader. Poor character and attitude is eventually poor leadership.
Israelmore Ayivor
#64. True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.
Marlene Caroselli
#65. In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never
I will never
leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.
Eric Holder
#66. True Leaders take an Ordinary Person and turn them into an Extraordinary Performer.
Farshad Asl
#67. A true leader leads his people from the front and if he falls into a pit the people will surely not follow.
Amit Abraham
#69. Yea, he who is a true king of men, will not say to himself, 'Lo! I am worthy to be crowned with laurels;' but rather will he say to himself, 'What more is there that I may do to make the world the better because of my endeavors?
Howard Pyle
#70. I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.
John Mackey
#71. But the law of magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.
John C. Maxwell
#72. Once you make the requisite personal commitment to make your success deliberate, that commitment must translate into a definition of higher personal standards meant to depict the true impression of what you have become or are becoming within.
Archibald Marwizi
#74. A. W. Tozer says, "A true and safe leader is likely one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and by the press of the external situation.
Charles R. Swindoll
#75. I shall adopt new Muse as fast as they appear to be true Muse.
Abraham Lincoln
#76. As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.
John Bolton
#77. Many men may see the King in a Kid but it takes a true leader to nurture it
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#78. Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.
Jackson Katz
#79. Sometimes it is difficult to different between leaders and misleaders. However, with the measurement of true service to mankind, the evidence is very clear!
Israelmore Ayivor
#80. If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.
Criss Jami
#81. Fortunately, good policy, true principles, and effective leadership work whenever they are tried. When we reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible, states respond in a positive way.
Brian Sandoval
#82. The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders
are made rather than born.
Warren G. Bennis
#83. The major factor that makes a great leader to fail emerge from the decision of people who surround him/her.
Israelmore Ayivor
#84. Leaders fight hard wars against
injustice and unfairness. They
believe that the truth is a weapon;
when triggered, the lie dies.
Israelmore Ayivor
#85. Life is not about who you know, but rather about who knows you & what you stand for.
Show the world with presence, actions & the way you lead your life, who you are.
Akilnathan Logeswaran
#86. To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership .
Minoru Mori
#87. The true key, if you want to live an unstoppable life, then you need to take 100% control of your life. Stop blaming others for your failures and faults and start accepting responsibility for your life.
Thomas Narofsky
#88. Leadership is not a matter of authority, it is a matter of influence. A true leader teaches others to understand more, motivates them to be more and inspires them to become more.
Michael Josephson
#89. The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.
Walt Disney
#90. Two main definitions of a true leader; His presence is noticed and his absence is felt ... !
Israelmore Ayivor
#91. True leaders don't look at just the outward appearances in the selection of team members, they look at one's core values and heart.
Farshad Asl
#92. The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Robert Kiyosaki
#93. You may gain a position, but that does not mean you've gained leadership. You may lose position, but that does not mean you've lost leadership! When you gain true character, you can leadership and when you lose it, you cease to be a leader!
Israelmore Ayivor
#94. The true meaning of life lies in learning. When you learn, you understand the things better, when you understand the things better, it reflects in your actions, and when your actions are right, according to the process of life, you are bound to receive the desired result.
Roshan Sharma
#95. Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.
Biz Stone
#96. It's time to care; it's time to take responsibility; it's time to lead; it's time for a change; it's time to be true to our greatest self; it's time to stop blaming others.
Steve Maraboli
#97. What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.
John C. Maxwell
#98. A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex. This commitment begins with a dream and a sense of talent and skill and determination to make that dream come true.
Carol Mann
#99. True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
Myles Munroe
#100. True leaders demonstrate initiatives-They lead the way for others to follow
Ikechukwu Joseph
