Thoughts on Leadership

It is good to attend leadership seminars and summits, to read books by experts, and to observe how great leaders influence their team.  But sometimes a short quote or thought sticks with us better, helping us to understand the opportunity and responsibility that falls to those in leadership. So…today, here are a few of the quotes I have gleaned from leadership experts.

[blockquote author=”Thomas J. Watson ” link=”” target=”_blank”]Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”P. T. Barnum” link=”” target=”_blank”]Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”John Maxwell” link=”” target=”_blank”]Leadership is not a right…it is a responsibility.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”Jim Whitaker, first American to summit Mt. Everest ” link=”” target=”_blank”]You never conquer a mountain. Mountains cant  be conquered; you conquer yourself…your hopes, your fears.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”Andrew Carnegie” link=”” target=”_blank”] No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”Margaret Thatcher” link=”” target=”_blank”]Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. [/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”Robert Townsend” link=”” target=”_blank”]How do you recognize a leader? His people consistently turn in superior performances.[/blockquote]

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[blockquote author=”John Maxwell” link=”” target=”_blank”]Ability may get you to the top…but it takes character to keep you there.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”John Maxwell” link=”” target=”_blank”]People tend to stay motivated when they see the importance of the things they are asked to do.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”H. Ross Perot” link=”” target=”_blank”]If you see a snake, just kill it. Don’t appoint a committee on snakes.[/blockquote]

[blockquote author=”D. N. Jackson” link=”” target=”_blank”]The size of a leader is determined by the depth of his convictions, the height of his ambitions, the breadth of his vision and the reach of his love.[/blockquote]

Finally…

He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said:

[blockquote author=”Mark 9:35 (NLT)” link=”” target=”_blank”]Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.[/blockquote]