It is said by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. that a genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus, but is a molder of consensus.
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“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” ― Dolly Parton
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ― Peter F. Drucker
“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” ― Arnold H. Glasow
“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.” ― Sam Walton
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” — Bill Gates
“Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” ― Simon Sinek
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ― Steve Jobs
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” ― Brian Tracy
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur Ward
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” ― John C. Maxwell
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” ― Albert Schweitzer
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” ― Seth Godin
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” ― Ray Kroc
“I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” ― Robert E. Lee
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” ― George S. Patton Jr.
“Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.” ― Walt Disney
“You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader. You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.” ― Eric Shinseki
“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Two things are absolutely necessary in any leader or any person that aspires, wishes, to be a leader. That is moral compass and second is empathy.” ― Khizr Khan
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.” ― Aristotle
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men – the other 999 follow women.” ― Groucho Marx
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” ― Warren Bennis
“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” ― Seth Godin
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” — Brian Tracy
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” ― John C. Maxwell
“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.” ― Ronald Reagan
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” ― Andrew Carnegie
“Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” ― Pete Hoekstra
“You don’t need a team leader, you need quality.” ― Zlatan Ibrahimovic
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ― John F. Kennedy
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ― Ken Blanchard
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” ― Dolly Parton
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” ― Seth Godin
“Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” ― Simon Sinek
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” ― Peter Drucker
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader.” ― Max De Pree
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” ― Harold S. Geneen
“Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.” ― Amit Ray
“There are a lot of men with feminine leadership styles and there are a lot of women with masculine leadership styles.” ― Jill Soloway
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” ― Peter F. Drucker
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” ― John C. Maxwell
“Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” ― Mwai Kibaki
