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Leadership Quotes
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
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"Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions."
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"Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure."
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"One man with courage makes a majority."
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"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
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"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
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"Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone."
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"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
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"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."
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"I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following."
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"I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator."
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"The trial organized with U.N. participation of some kind will be for crimes committed by Khmer Rouge leaders from 1975 to 1979. That's it."
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"Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be."
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"I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions."
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"Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals."
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"It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much."
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"I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people."
5
"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
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"A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action."
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"Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness."
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"Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed."
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"Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred."
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"Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader."
3
"Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it."
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"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
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"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel."
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"Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity."
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"It is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party."
2
"If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles."
2
"It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time."
2
"All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."
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"We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest."
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"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."
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"The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
1
"All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies."
1
"In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes."
1
"They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher."
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"Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward."
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"And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots."
1
"The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years."
1
"It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation."
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"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes."
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"Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system."
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"But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement."
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"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."
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"You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead."
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"The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born."
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"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."
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"North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending."
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