Haile Selassie Quotes

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

The true leader - the genuine world-builder - lives to the point. Acutely concentrated on the few high priorities that will deliver the life of their greatest aspirations. At the end.

At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or purpose. So the most important thing is to be true to yourself. That's why I would say to be a great leader - you, first and foremost, have to be a great human being. And sharing that purpose and sharing the values.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.

Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.

The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.

Great visions are cast one on one.

One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain us to ourselves; to help us weave some meaning and purpose into the fabric of our lives; to illuminate our understanding of where we have come from; to paint word pictures of our future onto which we can project our aspirations.

The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.

The greatest leaders don't rule. They inspire

If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader.

[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time.

We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.

I don't want to impress, I want to inspire.

Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for any one but inspire them?

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

The greatest leader is not someone who is the only leader. The greatest leader is one who inspires others to be leaders.