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“The
led must not be compelled, they must be able to choose their own leader”
--
Albert Einstein |
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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
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"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
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The
trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the
people.
-- Paulo
Freire |
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 | 
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“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
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I
never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping
people.
-- John Hume
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A
community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
-- Henrik Ibsen
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"A
person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true
leader."
-- Daisaku Ikeda
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| Time is neutral
and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
-- Jesse Jackson
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Leadership
has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
-- Jesse Jackson |  |
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So,
poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,
but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of
us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.
-- June
Jordan |
"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
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Leadership
and learning are indispensable to each other.
-- John
F. Kennedy
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been
brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality
in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
-- John
F. Kennedy | 
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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
