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Every leadership role has a character driving force that will fulfill or decimate the ultimate purpose of the role. — Ikechukwu Joseph

Where your flesh is in front, your future is behind. — Paul Enenche

Leadership is about inspiration with character, not manipulation with position! — Israelmore Ayivor

A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have. — Wayde Goodall

Think of strength, dream of strength, live of strength. — Abhijit Naskar

I'm not concerned with whether you got to the top. I want to know how far you climbed. That is where the real achievement is found. — William James Moore

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. — John C. Maxwell

The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self. — Orrin Woodward

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron. — Samuel Smiles

If you don't demonstrate leadership character, your skills and your results will be discounted, if not dismissed. — Mark Miller

Character is contagious. — Wayde Goodall

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character. — Norman Schwarzkopf

Leadership is character in action. — James Hunter

Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character — Warren G. Bennis

Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies. — William A. Adams

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet. — J. C. Watts

He knows that in leadership cleverness is not as important as content, that charisma and dash are not as vital as character and doctrine. — Neal A. Maxwell

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic. — Steve Largent

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. — Albert Schweitzer

What are we if we are not disciplined? — Rob Liano

If you haven't found yourself yet, it's difficult to help someone to discover himself. False leaders make more false leaders! — Israelmore Ayivor

Character matters; leadership descends from character. — Rush Limbaugh

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. — Ashwin Sanghi

When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. — Israelmore Ayivor

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you. — Mahatma Gandhi

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character. — Norman Schwarzkopf

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness. — Clarence Benjamin Jones

In leadership, skills may take you where character won't keep you. — Mike Ayers

Which do you want to be: a proficient manager or a Leader of Character? The first creates compliant employees. The second leads committed followers! — Dave Anderson

You will see true character after a defeated ambition — Bangambiki Habyarimana

a man without birth, without courage, without conduct. For my part, I declare, sir, it shall never be said that I made such a man my master. — Sarah Vowell

He made his character his platform. — H.W. Brands

We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone. — Roy Bennett

Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do. — Roy Bennett

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through. — Orrin Woodward

Only people of proven character should be placed in positions of spiritual leadership. — Max Anders

The strength of the group is in the will of the leader, and the will is character in action. — Vince Lombardi

Integrity is the sentry for the conscious soul. — Molly Friedenfeld

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you. — Andy Stanley

You need a strategy to assume leadership, but only the character can sustain leaders as who they really are. — Pearl Zhu

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

From her character in the HBO miniseries: The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair. — Abigail Adams

Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives - our lives and the lives of the people we touch. — Dave Anderson

Honesty and integrity are the yardsticks by which we measure our intrinsic value. — Orly Wahba

Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals. — Ted Malloch

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership. — John C. Maxwell

EYou reveal your character by what you do with what you have. — GE Paulus

Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders — Fela Durotoye

If you want to know the real character of man, intentionally and timely give him the test of 3d's; delay, denial and disappointment — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

True leadership is often the mantle of the meek, who are rarely are prepared for such responsibility; which builds character in those who embrace it. — M.J. Stoddard

If you don't know what you value in life, then you won't be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future. — Shannon L. Alder

Stop groveling, stop whining and start working! — Abhijit Naskar

Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful. — Roy Bennett

Never underestimate the capacity of people to choose the easy way. — William James Moore

When making the problem go away is more important than solving the problem leadership begins to fail. The easy way vs. The character way. — William James Moore

Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important. — Alan Sakowitz

The road is long if one proceeds by way of precepts but short and effectual if by way of personal example. — Seneca.

Valor in the leader is often an expression of the leader's character, fortitude, grace, vulnerability, openness, and honesty. — Catherine Robinson-Walker

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. — George W. Bush

The greatest crisis in the world today is a crisis of leadership, and the greatest crisis of leadership is a crisis of character. — Aubrey Malphurs

Leader of Character: someone who uses influence to achieve a moral or ethical goal. — Dave Anderson

A leader's attitude tells how often he will be the winner; his character determines how long he will be the winner. — Israelmore Ayivor

Perfecting your character isn't a marathon, a race, or a competition. It can only be won in stride with daily motivation. — Orly Wahba

Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leadership is more about purpose than it is about position. — Michele Jennae

Trust is equal parts character and competence ... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other. — Stephen Covey

Stress builds character and failure breeds motivation. I guess I'm a Optimist. — Noel DeJesus

Leadership is an active, living process. It is rooted in character, forged by experience, and communicated by example. — John Baldoni

The present goal of the individual
in group enterprises is to avoid dominance; leadership is felt to be a character disorder. — Donald Barthelme