Wise Leaders Quotes

You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.

Success, cannot be attained alone.  Any person's time and power is limited.  A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.

Wise leaders know that if an individual doesn't count, the institution doesn't count for much either. Put mathematically, if the individual is a zero, together a lot of zeros add up to a whole lot of nothing.

The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.

Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential.

Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. ... community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision.

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

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.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their words and behavior match; they are always engaged in and by the world; they are open to "reflective backtalk": they can speak with conviction because they believe in what they are saying...and everyone else knows that. They are comfortable in their own skin. They feel at ease in the spotlight and they enjoy it there. They tend to be more receptive to opportunity and risk.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

If you think you can't, you're right.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.