Leader Characteristics Quotes

Leadership experts and the public alike extol the virtues of transformational leaders - those who set out bold objectives and take risks to change the world. We tend to downplay 'transactional' leaders, whose goals are more modest, as mere managers.

A true leader will have no desire to lord it over God’s heritage. He is rather ready to follow as well as lead.

A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.

Good leaders have a generosity gene.

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.

I believe we need leaders who actually want to lead everyone.

I like my leaders smart and serious. I don't need a stand-up comic.

Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice to be around, but those are not the qualifications. The qualifications are their desire to see us achieve more, their desire to push us to be the best we can be. Not for their selfish gain, but because they believe that we have something to offer.

After nearly 6,000 years of evidence on the subject, one thing stands clear: the people who end up as leaders in any organization, large or small, are often the craziest guys around.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.