Leadership Abilities Quotes

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

You would make the best governor but not the best candidate.

Leaders are not born, they're made.

A candidate’s command of foreign policy acts as a proxy for assessing broader leadership abilities.

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

It is much to be feared, my dear Sir, that the States in their separate capacities have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Removed (some of them) far distant from the scene of action and seeing, and hearing such publications only as flatter their wishes they conceive that the contest is at an end, and that to regulate the government and police of their own State is all that remains to be done; but it is devoutly to be wished that a sad reverse of this may not fall upon them like a thunder clap that is little expected. I do not mean to designate particular States. I wish to cast no reflections upon any one. The Public believes (and if they do believe it, the fact might almost as well be so) that the States at this time are badly represented, and that the great, and important concerns of the nation are horribly conducted, for want either of abilities or application in the Members, or through discord and party views of some individuals;

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

Chuck Noll knew how he could help people. He was a teacher. He was a guy that was very good at selecting people, getting them to fit in. He wasn't the guy that was going to sit there and motivate you, intrinsically. That wasn't what he was best at. So he hired people that were good at that.

Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership.

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

Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.

All my life I have dealt with objective matters; hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to carry out official functions.

I was always interested in politics and I had great leadership skills from a young age.

Much of command is the ability to take command.

No matter who you are, you have the nature and capacity for leadership.

I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.

The ability to elevate those around you is more than simply sharing the ball or making teammates feel a certain level of comfort. It's pushing them to find their inner beast, even if they end up resenting you for it at the time.

The big elephant sitting in the corner is that George W. Bush is simply unqualified for the job. What's his accomplishment? That he's no longer an obnoxious drunk?

LeBron and Rondo are arguably two of the best leaders ever.

Kashmiris are highly talented. So many become IPS and IAS officers. Kashmiris have the potential to lead the nation.

[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.

Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.

Every human being was created to dominate and lead in an area of gifting.

Being a leader is one thing I've never felt comfortable with. It's not my nature.

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.