leadership mindset Quotes

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

Leadership is not a title. It's a behavior. LIVE it

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

Many leaders are tempted to lead like a chess master, striving to control every move, when they should be leading like gardeners, creating and maintaining a viable ecosystem in which the organization operates.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.

Many people are leaders trapped in a follower's body.

The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

Great leaders love to see people grow. The day you are afraid of them being better than you is the day you fail as a leader.

I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.

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

The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.

Earn your leadership every day.

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

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

A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.