Leadership Quotes

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You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower "America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"We can't do it by ourselves, but if enough of us do it, we change the cultural climate, and then the leaders follow." -- Riane Eisler

The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence.
-- James L. Fisher

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon.
-- James L. Fisher

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.
-- Edwin H. Friedman

"A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive."
-- John William Gardner

Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.
-- John William Gardner

Good leaders must first become good servants.
-- Robert Greenleaf

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.
--Robert K. Greenleaf

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision.
-- Theodore Hesburgh

“We need to be activating deep democracy because democracy is fleeting through our fingers, and most people are unaware of it. Democracy is about dispersing power among the interconnected people. As a people, we need to rise to the level of forcing our leaders to abide by our stated principles - really exercise democracy, not only on our behalf but on behalf of the world. We need to continue, as part and parcel of the American experience created by the founding forefathers, and now the foremothers, to insist, "We want democracy to work, and that means every voice counts."
-- Dr. Azizah al-Hibri

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
-- Henrik Ibsen

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. -- Jesse Jackson * Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. -- Jesse Jackson

"Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility. Effective leaders are able to"
-- Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
-- Rosabeth Moss Kantor

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. -- John F. Kennedy

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.
--James Kouzes and Barry Posner

you must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.
--James Kouzes and Barry Posner

 

Leadership Quotes

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LEADERSHIP
HERO PIX

Andrew Carnegie | Peter Drucker | Jessie Jackson
Lewis Lapham | Wilma Mankiller | Ralph Nader
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Faye Wattleton | Woodrow Wilson

Leadership Week - February 4-10