Leadership for Youth Summit: Great Leadership Quotes

Online, April 22, 2011 (Newswire.com) - LeadershipforYouth.org has announced the Youth Leadership Summit will be held in Pittsburgh in August. To launch the start of this event, Leadership for Youth has just released an updated set of quotes on leadership.

The road of leadership for youth has been paved for centuries. Many have gone before us, learned some valuable lessons, and left behind leadership quotes to instill truth in us.

Who are these people? Are they qualified to provide us with a few words to live by?

Here are a few excellent Leadership Quotes:

"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. "

~ Max Lucado

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. ~ John C. Maxwell

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.~ Harold S. Geneen

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

~ Warren G. Bennis

You know some of these names. Some are very well known as ministers, past presidents, and politicians.

Have they walked in leadership? They certainly have, for people of all ages. Did they all lead the same? Certainly not.

Leadership for youth cannot be defined in a few short words. It is learned and it is passed on in the form of characteristics and traits. People have their own leadership styles and methods for leadership development in youth depending on their own experiences.

Is everyone an effective leader? Unfortunately, no, but youth can be taught to lead.

It is essential that they have role models and youth leaders who will walk beside them, not in front of them and not behind them. We learn what it is to be a great leader from true great leaders. We all need to take up the call of leadership for youth.

You may also like this previous story about the Youth Leadership Summit.

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