Leadership
693 quotes: 53 by Keith Craft, 640 from other voices.
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- As to what we call the masses, and common men;--there are no common men.
- As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
- Attitudes are caught, not taught.
- Bad leaders make you feel bad about yourself. Good leaders make you feel good about them. The best leaders make you feel good about yourself. The great leaders are like the best conductors — they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
- Be absolutely square with your men, and never call one down unless he has it coming to him.
- Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war.
- Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.
- Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
- Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
- Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.
- Better to illuminate than merely to shine.
- Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
- Blame the process, not the people.
- Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
- Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.Dwight D. EisenhowerSourced
- Censure is a tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
- Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things but I would say character is really integrity.
- Charisma is a fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention.
- Charisma is not just saying hello. It's dropping what you're doing to say hello.
- Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.
- Clarity is the antidote to anxiety, and therefore clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.
- Coaching is making men do what they don’t want, so they can become what they want to be.
- Coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think they can.
- Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their growth.
- Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all the management of human affairs.
- Conditions may make some men, but some men can make conditions.
- Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- Confront improper conduct, not by retaliation, but by example.
- [Contradicting an assertion from Angela Davis] Small steps lead to big accomplishments.Oprah WinfreyCommonly attributed
- Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
- Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
- Courage is not the absence of fear — it’s inspiring others to move beyond it.
- Courage is the main quality of leadership, in my opinion, no matter where it is exercised.
- Courage, not complacency, is our need today; leadership, not salesmanship.
- Creating more leaders is the only true leadership.
- Criticism comes to those who stand out.
- Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
- Criticize by category, praise by name.
- Culture eats strategy for breakfast.
- Decision of character will often give to an inferior mind, command over a superior.