Quotes and Sayings About Leadership
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
-- A. B. Simpson -
I must follow them. I am their leader.
-- Abbott Lawrence LowellSource : Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1932). “Conflicts of Principle”
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A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."
-- Abbott Lawrence Lowell -
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
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What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
-- Abraham LincolnSource : Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
-- Abraham Maslow -
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.
-- Adolph Rupp -
Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.
-- Agnes Sligh Turnbull -
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No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.
-- Agrippina the Younger -
We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
-- Akio Morita -
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
-- Al McGuire -
I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.
-- Al McGuire -
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So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself.
-- Al Oerter -
Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
-- Alan AutrySource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.
-- Alan Cohen -
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The ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.
-- Alan Loy McGinnis -
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein -
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
-- Albert Einstein -
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
-- Albert Einstein -
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Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
-- Albert Einstein -
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
-- Albert Einstein