Gandhi Leadership Quotes & Sayings

On a whim, he stopped and bought a watch from a sidewalk vendor. Normally, Billy could not abide keeping time, especially when it was attached to one's body. Time was like a relentlessly needy lapdog one had to haul around. It barked too much and had no sense of loyalty. — Jim Carroll

Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path. — Mahatma Gandhi

India had a very long independence movement. It started in 1886, [with] the first generation of Western-educated Indians. They were all liberals. They followed the Liberal Party in Britain, and they were very proud of their knowledge of parliamentary systems, parliamentary manners. They were big debaters. They [had], as it were, a long apprenticeship in training for being in power. Even when Gandhi made it a mass movement, the idea of elective representatives, elected working committees, elected leadership, all that stayed because basically Indians wanted to impress the British that they were going to be as good as the British were at running a parliamentary democracy. And that helped quite a lot. — Meghnad Desai

Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard. — Mahatma Gandhi

We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We're awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela. — Paul Hawken

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. — Mahatma Gandhi

You wouldn't want them to know that in your heart, you are proud, and maybe even haughty, and are riven by thoughts the revelation of which would show everyone how deeply Not Nice you are. — Claire Messud

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. — Mahatma Gandhi

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you. — Confucius

They have an army. You, as far as I can tell, have trees... — A.J. Smith

Give wings to your dreams. — KM

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you. — Mahatma Gandhi

To put up with ... distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the ... gift of leadership. — Mahatma Gandhi

A leader is solution oriented and a philosopher is problem oriented. — Debasish Mridha

Why don't universities specify the length of time a degree will be fully applicable and useful? — Dan Miller

When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry. — Mahatma Gandhi

A Manifesto for Introverts
1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers.
2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.
3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths.
4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later.
5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters.
6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.
7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk.
8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron.
9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional.
10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi — Susan Cain

Tis the trap of competitive humanity, you see. Few men are content if others have more to be content about. — R.A. Salvatore

I love to cook. I spend weekends reading cookbooks-it's really my relaxation. — Ali Larter

The past is a bucket of ashes — Carl Sandburg

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so. — Mahatma Gandhi

Let's not forget, I got divorced. — Larry David

Why do we universally admire and respect a Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, or any other leader or legend from history's pantheon? It is because they were guided by integrity-based practices. They stood for something. They didn't break with the values they believed in just because they faced struggle. — Brendon Burchard

A lot of times, you beat a person who beat a person who can beat you. I mean, it doesn't make any sense. — Joe Rogan

Bagger Vance: Don't make no sense is all ... Man say he don't play no golf when he out here this shade of night hittin balls off in the dark where he can't even see 'em ...
Rannulph Junuh: Yep ... Well, I've done things that have made less sense ...
Bagger Vance: As we all have ... — Steven Pressfield

Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal style" was their "brand." ("It" starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team. Sorry to be politically insensitive, but who would give a hoot about Tibet if it weren't for the look and style of the Dalai Lama?) Boss at any level: You're either on the "it" boat-or not. — Tom Peters

I'm not about to argue with a full professor, but if you ever have a really unbreakable case of insomnia, do yourself a favor and start reading Chapter Three of the uncut version. — William Goldman

Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi are our star campaigners. Our party will fight under their leadership. — Jitin Prasada

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it. — Mario Andretti

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity. — Mahatma Gandhi