Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

You are the leader of your own life.

The house of delusions is cheap to build, but draughty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.

Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

I’m Not A Follower. I’m A Leader. And Anyone Who Speaks Their Mind Is Always Criticised

All I at any point needed to be was leader of the American League

On issues of race, on issues of goodness, baseball should lead the way

When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren’t. Never something you set out to be.

Meetings between Presidents, as you know, are supposed to be privileged. They’re supposed to be confidential. They’re supposed to allow the president and other leaders to have frank exchanges.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss … The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

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.

I’m a Freddie Mercury fan

Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest… he took it over the edge..

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person’s behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

I wish we were seventeen So I could give you all the innocence That you give to me

Lotto tickets cheap beer That’s why you can catch me here Tryna scratch my way up to the top

Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.

The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.

The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.

The glue that holds all relationships together–including the relationship between the leader and the led–is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you’ve changed your mind. Don’t persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.

Respect is the key determinant of high-performance leadership. how much people respect you determines how well they perform.

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Leaders set high standards. refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn’t controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

I believe that listening is one of the most important skills for any teacher, parent, leader, entrepreneur or, well, just about anyone who has a pulse.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass.

Quality of character doesn’t make a leader, but the lack of it flaws the entire process.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Woe to the leader whose arguments at the end of a war are not as plausible as they were at the beginning.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

Picking the right leader is the most important task of every commander.

For The United States, the leading space faring nation for nearly half a century, to be without carriage to low Earth orbit and with no human exploration capability to go beyond Earth orbit for an indeterminate time into the future, destines our nation to become one of second or even third rate stature. While the President’s plan envisages humans traveling away from Earth and perhaps toward Mars at some time in the future, the lack of developed rockets and spacecraft will assure that ability will not be available for many years. Without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provides, the USA is far too likely to be on a long downhill slide to mediocrity. America must decide if it wishes to remain a leader in space. If it does, we should institute a program which will give us the very best chance of achieving that goal.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

The true leader is always led.

I don’t care about anyone not liking me, you b*s barely like yourselves

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

Don’t follow leaders.

Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.

I have a different vision of leadership, a leader is someone who brings people together.

Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.

So we march on, following our leaders, toward an Armageddon of our own making.

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader

People who cannot follow a leader intelligently cannot become efficient leaders.

Every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

I would like to be remembered as a man who won the heavyweight title three times. Who was humorous and who treated everyone right. As a man who never looked down on those who looked up to him, and who helped as many people as he could. As a man who stood up for his beliefs no matter what. As a man who tried to unite all humankind through faith and love. And if all that’s too much, then I guess I’d settle for being remembered only as a great boxer who became a leader and a champion of his people. And I wouldn’t even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.

If you’re looking for the safe choice, you shouldn’t be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

America isn’t Congress. America isn’t Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.

Of course, there is no question that Libya – and the world – will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Necessity knows no law

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

The soul of our country needs to be awakened… When leaders act contrary to conscience, we must act contrary to leaders

Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

You become a leader when you decide to be an original and not a copy.

I want to make music that people can vibe to.

It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area.