Quotes about Leadership

Keep in mind that everything you loathe about your current environment or organization was originally somebody's good idea.

One of the primary reasons that you have to listen to outsiders: If you don't, you will be driven by the complaints and demands of the insiders.

As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.

When a church is spending more of its budget on media than shepherding, something is out of whack. We have gotten things twisted around.

I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

Whenever they sang a certain song in church, I used to sing it the loudest: 'Lead me, guide me, along the way!' One day, as I was singing this song, I felt as if the Lord was saying to me, 'Lead you along what way?' I realized then that if you don't have a plan, God doesn't have anything specific to direct you in.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.

Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.