Mike Murdock Quotes

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

I think effective leaders typically are able to see the future to a certain degree and then try to take actions to shape it in some way.

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.

I must analyze, from what I do now, what will be the impact two or three or five years in the future. What is the statement I want to make?

It’s not the man; it’s the plan.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

The nation needs"a president with brains; one who can make a plan and carry it out.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

The essence of leadership is essentially taking the responsibility of trying to interpret the future to the present.

What I teach our people is that, as a leader, you have four key roles apart from people management. First is to champion the grand vision. Two, install systems and a culture to run experiments. The third thing is to savour surprises. The fourth thing is that even a leader's ideas need to be subjected to tests.

I think it's really important to have a long-term perspective.

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

Leadership isn't making all the decisions. It is making sure the right decisions are made.

Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime.

I see some parallels [with Barack Obama] but I don't see the leadership that this guy [John F.Kennedy] had of other men and women. It's more than being the smartest guy in room.