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Leadership

How to get them to follow

"A platoon leader doesn't get his platoon to go by getting up and shouting, 'I am smarter. I am bigger. I am stronger. I am the leader.'  He gets them to go along with him because they want to do it for him and they believe in him." --Dwight D. Eisenhower


Being President

"Being president is like running a cemetery; you've got a lot of people under you, and nobody's listening." --Bill Clinton


Leading & Learning

"All leaders are learners.  If you ever stop learning, you will stop leading." --Rick Warren


Magnet & Compass

"A leader is a person with a magnet in his heart and a compass in his head." --Vance Havner


Pride Disqualifies You

"The Christian who is ambitious to be a star disqualifies himself as a leader." --David Watson


The Price for Leading

"When you lead the pack, you can get shot in the back!" --Dudley Hall


The world is controlled by 2%

"At any moment in history the world is in the hands of 2% of the people--the excited and the committed." --Winston Churchill


Boss vs Leader

"Remember the difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says 'GO' and a leader says 'LET'S GO!' "--E. M. Kelly


Gives You Courage to Follow

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn’t go by yourself.”  --Joel Barker


Getting Someone Else to Want It

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." --Dwight Eisenhower

Follow ME!

"If you have to remind people that you're the leader, then you're not the leader." - Rick Warren

John Maxwell Quotes

• A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

• The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.

• Leaders must be close enough to relate to others but far enough ahead to motivate them.

• Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.

• The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.


The Power of Leadership

An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer. --Attributed to Philip II of Macedon


Molding the Consensus

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus" --Martin Luther King, Jr.



Cross Reference:

Don_t let whiners get their way


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Discover the Secrets of Changing Your Perspective in I Once Was Blind but Now I Squint Find the solutions to 24 spiritual problems in The 911 Handbook. Includes a 26 Lesson study guide. Why did God put you on Earth? Find out in Making Today Count for Eternity

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