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Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.
Oct 1, 2025
True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.
The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one’s replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.
The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.
Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.
True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.
To enact a vision of human flourishing based on the qualities of life that Jesus modeled will invariably challenge the given structures of the social order. In this light, there is no true leadership without putting at risk one's time, wealth, reputation, and position.
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history.
The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
Governor Sanders showed true leadership and character by supporting civil rights for all during a time when many were not, His lasting positive impact on our state will be felt by many future generations of Georgians.
Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.
Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.
I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.
Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.
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.
True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.