Quotes about Leadership

God rested, we take over!

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

The President of the Church will not lead the people of the Church astray. It will never happen.

Yes, Paul led his friends into all sorts of risks for Christ's sake, but they followed him cheerfully, confident of his love for them. Paul's letters glow with warm appreciation and personal affection for his fellows.

When we lead by persuasion rather than command, patience is essential. Leaders rightly cultivate the art of persuasion that allows maximum individual decision making and ownership of a plan. Often, a leader's plan of action must wait for collegial support—ever patient—until the team is ready.

A leader shows patience by not running too far ahead of his followers and thus discouraging them. While keeping ahead, he stays near enough for them to keep him in sight and hear his call forward.

The person who is impatient with weakness will be ineffective in his leadership.

Can this be right? An angry leader? Indeed, Jesus had this quality, and when we use it rightly, we follow Him.

After a half century of ministry, F. J. Hallett claimed that in the actual work of a parish, the most successful leader is the one who possesses a keen sense of humor combined with a clear sense of God's grace.

I have never met leadership without a sense of humor; this ability to stand outside oneself and one's circumstances, to see things in perspective and laugh. It is a great safety value! You will never lead others far without the joy of the Lord and its concomitant, a sense of humor.3

Paul spoke of his failures and successes with an openness few of us are prepared to copy.

A prominent businessman once replied to a question: "If I had to name the one most important quality of a top manager, I would say, personal integrity.