Quotes for All
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogenes
Wise leaders know that if an individual doesn’t count, the institution doesn’t count for much either. Put mathematically, if the individual is a zero, together a lot of zeros add up to a whole lot of nothing. Diane Dreher
Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them. Diane Dreher
As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. … community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision. Diane Dreher
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. Colin Powell
Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it. Bill Hybels
Leadership is a group project, and all of us are necessary to fill it. Wise leaders will realize this and encourage their groups to develop their own evolving leadership potential. Arnold Mindell
Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh….Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them. Aiden Wilson Tozer
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
Ronald Reagan