Leadership proverbs

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◆ The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.

- William Arthur Ward99

◆ A leader is a dealer in hope.

- Napoleon99

◆ It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

- Nelson Mandela99

◆ Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

- Steve Jobs99

◆ Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

- Colin Powell99

◆ Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

- Steve Jobs99

◆ If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

- Henry Ford99

◆ Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

- Deepak Chopra99

◆ Don't find fault, find a remedy.

- Henry Ford99

◆ Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

- Sam Walton99

◆ Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

- Mitt Romney99

◆ A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

- Lao Tzu99

◆ A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.99

◆ The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

- Ray Kroc99

◆ People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

- Theodore Roosevelt99