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The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects. -- Charles de Gaulle
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. -- Rosalynn Carter
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. -- Allen Klein
Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders. -- Steve Ballmer
Just because you have opposition doesn't make you a great leader. -- Marco Rubio
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. -- John C. Maxwell
Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically. -- Phil Crosby
A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence. -- N. R. Narayana Murthy
Humility is the key characteristic of a worship leader. Actually, the key for any great leader. -- Chris Tomlin
Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well. -- Albert Mohler
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him. -- W. H. Auden
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.. -- Blaine Lee Pardoe
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. -- Andrew Carnegie
I'm from the school that great performers and great leaders create more great leaders. Give people other experiences, other responsibilities. Have them join organizations within the company and outside the company. -- John Stumpf
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. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will see herself or himself as a servant of that group and will act accordingly. -- M. Scott Peck
If you want to be a great leader, remember to treat all people with respect at all times. For one, because you never know when you'll need their help. And two, because it's a sign you respect people, which all great leaders do. -- Simon Sinek
I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oil can: that is my ideal in life. -- Baba Amte
Every great leader has a generosity gene. -- Jack Welch
Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too. -- Lou Holtz
Every great leader has incredible odds to overcome. -- Wayde Goodall
A great leader cannot worry about being well liked. -- Andrew Hill
No great leader in history fought to prevent change. -- John C. Maxwell
To be a great leader, first become a great person. -- Robin Sharma
A leader is heard, a great leader is listened too. -- Jacob Kaye
A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers. -- Simon Sinek
Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership. -- David McCullough
While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it. -- John C. Maxwell
To be a great leader, you must be a great listener -- Richard Branson
A great leader has brains, vision, soul, values and a heart. -- Klaus Schwab
A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values and a heart. -- Ziad K. Abdelnour
The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will. -- James C. Collins
Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders. -- Steve Ballmer
The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility. -- James C. Collins
A great leader makes what is visible in their mind, visible to all. -- Ron Kaufman
At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit. -- Chip Conley
You can't be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself. -- Jon Gordon
Not even a great leader can get very far without great people to lead. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead. -- Erwin McManus
Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader. -- John C. Maxwell
A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves. -- John C. Maxwell
One thing that all the totalitarian states did was make the great leader's face everywhere. -- Tim Wu
To be a great leader of people - inspire them to follow you, not your rules. -- Jeffrey Gitomer
Every great leader can take you back to a defining moment when they decided to lead -- John Paul Warren
Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered. -- Robin Sharma
Thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Weiner's family. A great leader and man. Going to be missed. -- Joba Chamberlain
A great leader is almost always a great follower for he knows what to learn and from whom. -- Awdhesh Singh
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. -- Pete du Pont
I believe it is the mark of a great leader to question the decisions that came before him. -- Marissa Meyer
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron. -- Samuel Smiles
He ran a gas station down in St. Louis... No, Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader of the 20th century. -- Hillary Clinton
The major factor that makes a great leader to fail emerge from the decision of people who surround him/her. -- Israelmore Ayivor
I'm going to be a great leader of this generation.The stars in the space up there are my witnesses. -- Toba Beta
A great leader fights with great adversity, suffers greatly, but courageously, and never forget to help others is his ultimate duty. -- Debasish Mridha
I don't know that I am a great leader at all, I just know I really care about what I do. -- Tim Tebow
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players. -- Blaine Lee
And I'm supposed to believe that Reagan was a great leader? This is who he chose as the Secretary of Education... -- William Bennett
He has become a great leader of his team, a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team. -- David Blatt
You may as well know, also, that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to the present, was a dreamer. -- Napoleon Hill
A great leader never fears criticism and welcomes them with openness and love as if they are the beauty of the journey. -- Debasish Mridha
Every great leader of the past, whose record I have examined, was beset by difficulties and met with temporary defeat before 'arriving -- Napoleon Hill
Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. -- Orrin Woodward
The ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of change is what distinguishes great leaders from those just collecting a paycheck. -- Todd Stocker
One of the greatest secrets of great leaders; 'they are not controlled by what they cannot do'. They directed by what they can. -- Israelmore Ayivor
Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead. -- Simon Sinek
I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat. -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Instead of looking for a great leader, we are in an era where each of us needs to find the great leader within ourselves. -- Werner Erhard
Every great leader once fell down from a tall ladder. You don't become a star until you get the scar. Take that risk now. -- Israelmore Ayivor
A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for. -- Simon Sinek
The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation . -- Napoleon Hill
Great men are strong men with great leadership qualities. They inspire others to be loving and caring like themselves. By this their character is made stronger. -- Ellen J. Barrier
What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time. -- Tom Rath
I must be a great leader because many people follow me. Most of the people are police officers, if that gives you any indication of my character. -- Jarod Kintz
He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of equanimity about his captaincy. -- Rahul Dravid
What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?" -- Naomi Watts
A great leader must serve the best interests of the people first, not those of multinational corporations. Human life should never be sacrificed for monetary profit. There are no exceptions. -- Suzy Kassem
Sex energy is the creative energy of all geniuses. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder or artist lacking in the driving force of sex. -- Napoleon Hill
Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader. -- Ray Stevenson
The male-dominated systems know they cannot maintain their current power structures if and when the woman is restored to her natural and powerful state as a great leader and co-creator. -- Bryant McGill
I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field. -- Lawrence Timmons
I'm always amazed when I hear people saying; That George Bush, he's a great leader. And I wonder, where can one find a drug that would make one so delusional? -- Lewis Black
Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group. -- Warren G. Bennis
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. -- Indra Nooyi
I have worked for a lot of really great leaders and mentors that I felt provided me, along with many of my peers - many of them women - opportunities. -- Mary Barra
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader -- Indra Nooyi
I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around. -- Adrian Peterson
I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader. -- Edward Tufte
That's exactly what [Donald] Trump says, Putin is a great leader. We should love Putin. He has a high popular and everybody oh, fine, you guys - oh, that's terrific. -- Eric Bolling
Goodrich is a perfect addition to our Hamilton Sundstrand business. And with a strong portfolio of complementary products, Goodrich also brought great leadership balance, great opportunities to provide more integrated systems. -- Louis R. Chenevert
We Americans are lucky to live in a country with a history full of noble ideas, great leaders, and awe-inspiring accomplishments. Sadly, many of our elites want no part of it. -- Michael Barone
Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible. -- Chris Cannon
No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force. -- Napoleon Hill
A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself. -- Bo Bennett
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.' -- Laozi
A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself -- Bo
We go into rural communities, and all we do - like has been done in this room [at TED] - is create the space. When these girls sit ... you unlock great leaders. -- Leymah Gbowee
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.' -- Laozi
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. -- Rudy Giuliani
When a desire is deep, it reaches the subconscious mind and calls for cultivation of qualities that will help fulfill desires, and this is what transforms an ordinary person into a great leader. -- Awdhesh Singh
America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena. -- Jim Leach
President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve. -- Lindsey Graham
Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won't make a company successful. -- Robert Kiyosaki
To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well. -- Leonard Lauder
Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified. -- Carly Fiorina
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country. -- Bob Feller
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. -- Moliere
I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to which we listened, there was almost nothing that the British people could not do. -- Margaret Thatcher
The leader is the bell ringer, the trumpet blower, the drum beater, the vibration maker, and the vision casterâ?¦ A great leader imparts the burden, inspires commitment, and sets the pace for achievement of God's purpose. -- Phil Pringle
When leadership rises to genius it has the power of transforming, of transforming experience into power. And that is what experience is for, to be made into power. The great leader creates as well as directs power. -- Mary Parker Follett
My height doesn't define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature - and I try to bring that on a daily basis. -- Russell Wilson
At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong. -- Kevin Allen
In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, The third big war will begin when the big city is burning -- Nostradamus
But I do think the survey group - and I think Charlie Duelfer is a great leader. I have the utmost confidence in Charles. I think you will get as full an answer as you can possibly get. -- David Kay
A great leader needs to love and respect people, and he needs to be comfortable with himself and with the world. He also needs to be able to forgive himself and others. In other words, a leader needs grace. -- Leo Hindery
When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement. -- Jonathan Kozol
Great leaders do not see people for who they are, but who than can become. Further, the great leader compels those that follow them to become that man or woman of the future, likely exceeding the expectations of both. -- Chris Alexander
All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego. -- Criss Jami
Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew. -- Charisma Carpenter
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity. -- Jeffrey Sachs

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