Joel A. Barker Quotes

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

People look for their leadership to lead.

If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.

Leadership doesn't amount to much unless you have followers.

Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Leadership does matter.

Leaders must lead.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

I am and always will be a leader.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

I was not a presider; I was a leader.

We have a crisis in confidence because we have an absence of leadership.

A real leader does not rely on consensus. He builds consensus.

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.

I just want to be a leader.