"Leadership Development Quotes"
"Don't expect without respect."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Narayan Chaudhary --- India
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
Benjamin Franklin --- Submitted by Lakshmesha Manja --- India
"Even manure can accomplish great things when placed into the right environment."
Copyright © 2008 Raymond C. Nolan
"Trying to be a volunteer leader can often be quite a challenge. Having to deal with very old superstitions and beliefs can often send the leader into a moment of quiet meditation, to regain composure and get on with the job at hand."
M.J. Vallis --- Canada
"Some say knowledge is power but that is not true; character is power."
Satya Sai Baba --- Submitted by Jagjit Singh --- India
Character is needed in all walks of life.
"Being a leader isn't about ability, it's about Responsibility."
From the movie THE CORE --- Submitted by Lenny Schmidt --- Iowa
With both political parties arguing so much about who has the most ability and experience to be the president of the United States, they need to see this quote.
"Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do."
George F. Burns
"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions."
Stephen Covey
"If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission."
Admiral Grace Hopper
"People stop learning when they stop leading."
Written in 2008 by William Johnson Tjan --- Indonesia
We all are leaders. We lead ourselves through this life. We must make decisions in every aspect of our lives. When we have a bigger responsibility, to lead a team, we'll learn many other things, but we have first learned to lead from leading ourselves.
"Great words are only spoken once. After that, the greatness is not in the words but in the person who thinks they may be great for someone else."
Copyright © 2008 Chatman Thomas
Someone thought I needed to hear a good speech. I appreciated the person for thinking about me more than the speech.
"There are times when you realize had it not been for the competition and the opposition, you wouldn't have achieved it! Say thanks; maybe it's late but it is worthwhile."
Written in 2008 by Diwakar Vajpeyi --- India
Do visit your past whenever you get time to.
"Leaders are not the ones who lead a group or a nation. A leader should dream for the universe."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Mandeep B. --- Nepal
"In all my experience I have found there to be two types of individuals. There are those who make things happen, and those who wait for others to make things happen for them. I ask those who wait. Has the end result ever made you happy?"
Written in 2001 by Izik Anderson --- Indiana
I have worked in the schematics of Corporate America for many years now and have noticed that every individual has the desire to succeed. However, there are few that will because they are afraid to make decisions so they wait for someone else to make the decisions for them. My absolute favorite quote of all time was from Robert Fritz who said, "If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." I live by this quote. You can never compromise in your career. If you do, you will never be professionally happy.
"Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position; it's a process."
John Maxwell
"Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine. More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote."
Dr. Lance Secretan --- Submitted by Tracey Gilmore --- Canada
Industry Week, 10/12/98
"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is, treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be."
Goethe --- Submitted by Ruparam Sain --- India
This is very nice quote. It tells that how to treat others.
"Your personality will be better, if now and again you express appreciation to other people and what they do."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Bhanu Deo Pendyala --- India
This quote tells you the need to appreciate others.
"To achieve success you don't need somebody's hand; in fact, you may need somebody's pointed finger."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kirti Kapil --- India
"Today you learn, tomorrow you teach."
Written in 2008 by Patricia Staheli --- New York
When I started thinking of quotes for our students in class, this immediately came to me, it is definitive.
"Take the Attitude of the Student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new."
Og Mandino
"If you haven't tasted a defeat, then you can never understand a victory."
Written in 2008 by Deep Sharma --- United Kingdom
"A bumpy road keeps you awake!"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by T. Crouse --- California
"Read before you think, think before you act & act before you talk."
Written in 2008 by Prof. Pravin Mokashi --- India
It makes great sense.
"Thoughts are like a flashlight, the more powerful it is the farther you can see and reach."
Written in 2006 by Harsha R. --- India