Quotes about Leadership
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Nicco Machiavelli on modern leadership – Machiavelli was a Italian writer and statesman, Florentine patriot of the 15th century. He made a quote that we could relate on in modern leadership.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Leaders are really uninterested to know what the norm or culture of a place is. Rather, they usually live off their own values and beliefs instead of trying to conform to what everyone around them is saying.
Leaders sometimes would want to overthrow status quo because they find that it is not beneficial or even harmful to people around them; these are good leaders.
Of course there are those who want to overthrow the status quo just for the sake of it; these are not leaders, they are rebels without a cause.
Remember, the status quo has become such and such as a result of another leader’s action. For example, in Singapore, the status quo is to study hard, get a good job and have a good, secure life. This was because this model was necessary to bring the country of Singapore from a third world country to a first world country.
However, now things need to change because Singapore sees the need for more and more people to challenge what is and become more entrepreneurial.
As a leader, you must know that the culture around you is formed by the collective beliefs of the people within that culture. You must be sharp to spot the flaws within that culture and like what Machiavelli said, be ready to overthrow it!
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Herbert B. Swope:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.
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Isaac Newton:
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower:
You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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General George S. Patton:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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Goethe:
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
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Mahatma Gandhi:
If I have the belief that I can do it, I will surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.
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Vince Lombardi:
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
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Donald Trump:
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
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John Wooden:
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
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Jack Welch:
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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Abraham Lincoln:
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
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Pearl S Buck:
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
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Anonymous:
There is no I in Team.
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