Quotes about Leadership

Do not rush to follow the crowd, it might be a funeral procession

The example of this poor, dark-skinned man who turned the empire upside-down made a deep impression on the young Sadat. "I began to imitate him," he writes. "I took off all my clothes, covered myself from the waist down with an apron, made myself a spindle, and withdrew to a solitary nook on the roof of our house in Cairo.

Puritan leaders, at least, valued an educated mind over material riches. Cotton Mather admonished his congregation with the comment, "If your main concern be to get the riches of this world for your children, and leave a belly full of this world unto them, it looks very suspiciously as if you were yourselves the people of this world, whose portion is only in this life."30

Jesus called his disciples to "follow me," but he didn't tell them where they were going.

Followership starts with Jesus, stays with Jesus, goes with Jesus, and ends with Jesus.

Followership is not an easy path, and Jesus never pretended otherwise.

God would never have granted women a voice if he intended for them to remain silent. God knew that Adam, and our world, would need the voice and influence of women.

God would have never granted women a voice if he intended for them to remain silent. God knew that Adam, and our world, would need the voice and influence of women.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)

We do not live by the violence of a sword, but the time has come to live by the power of one.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

You were not created to be subservient; you are a joint heir. Women are God-answers. The addition of women's voices increases the educational opportunity for all children, stimulates the economy, and apparently decreases the risk of terrorism