Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Quotes

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

I don't think you just become a leader.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

Leadership cannot be taught. Either you're a leader by the time you're 12 years old, or you never will be.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

It's harder for a leader to be born in a palace than to be born in a cabin.

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

Earn your leadership every day.

Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.

Leaders have to lead.

Many people are leaders trapped in a follower's body.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Leaders aren't born they are made.

Leaders are made, not born. You learn to become a leader by doing what other excellent leaders have done before you. You become proficient in your job or skill, and then you become proficient at understanding the motivations and behaviors of other people.

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

We have the best leaders and the most depth of leadership we've ever had. If I get hit by a truck, maybe it would get me out of the way and it would go better.

It takes a leader to know a leader, grow a leader, and show a leader.