Recognized Leadership Quotes & Sayings

People are people. Whatever happens, they make communities, struggle for normalcy. Even — Brandon Sanderson

I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class children should stick to the station in life they were born into - they should be happy to be recognized for being good with their hands and not presume to get above themselves. — Michael Gove

Read to escape reality . . . Write to embrace it. — Stephanie Connolly

The after-school specials of my youth seemed to be dedicated to exploring just these ideas. They brought us the mean boy who really just wanted to be included and the know-it-all girl who was showing off at school to hide her misery over her parents' recent divorce. — Brene Brown

I may not dress like Satan anymore, but I'm still down with the Devil and I will go medieval on your ass. — The Undertaker

The first thing that has to be recognized is that one cannot train someone to be passionate
it's either in their DNA or it's not. — Richard Branson

There are clothes which keep rejuvenating themselves instead of getting worn out. — Roberto Juarroz

I love life. I love the live theater. — Chita Rivera

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving. — Peter Temple

I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son. — Kiefer Sutherland

It [spiritual authority and leadership] is not won by promotion, but my many prayers and tears. It is attained by confession of sin, and much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold uncomplaining embrace of the cross, and by eternally looking unto Jesus crucified. It is not gained by seeking great things for ourselves, but like Paul, by counting those things that are gain to us as loss for Christ. This is a great price, but it must be paid by the leader whose power is recognized and felt in heaven, on earth, and in hell. — Samuel Brengle

Our society nurtures the illusion that all the rewards go to the people who are perfect. But many of us are finding out that trying to be perfect is costly. — Debbie Ford

Thoughts like weeds will grow automatically unless we train them according to our choice. Thoughts gravitate according to what's happening around us. — Hina Hashmi

How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it. — Stephen Covey

Although Genghis Khan recognized the superior leadership abilities of his daughters and left them strategically important parts of his empire, today we cannot even be certain how many daughters he had. In their lifetime they could not be ignored, but when they left the scene, history closed the door behind them and let the dust of centuries cover their tracks. Those Mongol queens were too unusual, too difficult to understand or explain. It seemed more convenient just to erase them. Around — Jack Weatherford

One of the shows I would very much love to be a part of is 'Mad Men' - walking around that office. — Emilia Clarke

to enhance the visual impact of the — Betony Vernon

I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I'm traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too. — Paul Newman