Dwyane Wade Quotes

True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

Leaders have to lead.

I think that the process of figuring out what kind of leader I wanted to be was challenging, because as an actor, you work alone, really.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.

Though leadership may be hard to define, the one characteristic common to all leaders is the ability to make things happen.

If you want to be a leader, go lead

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

Can you believe that? She says I'm not leader enough for her. Who was she looking for... Hitler?

I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.

Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.

To be an excellent leader, you have to be a superb follower.

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.