Leader Quotes - Page 93

Leaders are not born, they're made.

You can only govern men by serving them.

Leaders focus on what they can control, what they have, and what they want.

Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.

Strong leaders cannot tolerate weak leaders above them.

Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.

Mounting a campaign against plutocracy makes as much sense to the typical Washington liberal as would circulating a petition against gravity. What our modernized liberal leaders offer is not confrontation but a kind of therapy for those flattened by the free-market hurricane: they counsel us to accept the inevitability of the situation.

If you facilitate your subordinates' steady progress in meaningful work, make that progress salient to them, and treat them well, they will experience the emotions, motivations, and perceptions necessary for great performance.

Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack. Therefore skillful warriors are able to be invincible, but they cannot cause opponents to be vulnerable. That is why it is said that victory is discerned and not manufactured.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.

Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of repression; and the leaders of the various media professional groups wave the First Amendment as they denounce me. That happens to be my amendment too. It guarantees my free speech as much as it does their freedom of the press.

Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

The fastest way to change the feedback culture in an organization is for the leaders to become better receivers.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.

If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change.

Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat to become American policies — especially in this hemisphere. None of the four wars in my lifetime came about because we were too strong.

The real leaders of tomorrow are already working on the next big idea, the one that will drive growth into future. They're already far beyond the ideas that created today's results.

The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.