M. Russell Ballard Quotes

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

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.

Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

Leaders are not born, they're made.

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

You never really know how good of a leader you are until there is something there is lead us to, toward or through or to overcome.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

A good leader needs to know how to follow.

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

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

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.

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

To be an excellent leader, you have to be a superb follower.

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves

I don't think leaders are born. Well, they're born; everybody's born, but I think leadership can be enhanced, they can be developed, and I think that it's important we do that, particularly with our youngsters.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Leaders aren't born they are made.

Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.