100 Best African Leadership Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

100 Best African Leadership Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

1.????Respect is greater than fear.

2.????You can’t buy trust, you have to earn it.

3.????Tell the truth, but tell it well.

4.????Forgive, but don’t expect to be forgiven.

5.????Take the least, but give the most.

6.????Life begins at the end of your fears.?

7.????You may not control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.?

8.????If you try to step in a river with both feet, you will drown.?

9.????To learn how to win learn how not to lose.?

10.???????????????????????No one can conquer what has conquered itself.?

11.???????????????????????Obstacles teach you how to win.?Opportunities teach you how not to fail.?

12.???????????????????????Play like you’ve never won.?Win like you’ve never lost.?

13.???????????????????????If you throw in your towel, someone may pick it up and use it better than you.?

14.???????????????????????Strive to be well known and you are intelligent.?Strive to be worth knowing and you are wise.?

15.???????????????????????Never stab anyone in the back, always stab your friends in the front.?

16.???????????????????????Not even God can change the past, but an ant can even change the future.?

17.???????????????????????If you put all your eggs in one basket, make sure it doesn’t have a hole in it.?

18.???????????????????????Accomplishing great things requires paying attention to little ones.?

19.???????????????????????Any army of disciplined ants is greater than an army of undisciplined elephants.?

20.???????????????????????If you serve who others will not, you can lead who others cannot.?

21.???????????????????????The right follower is better than the wrong leader.?

22.???????????????????????Those who don’t matter are those who make you matter.?

23.???????????????????????If you are waiting for the perfect leaders, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.?

24.???????????????????????A title doesn’t make you a leader, an achievement does.?

25.???????????????????????Force is strength, diplomacy is power.?

26.???????????????????????Management is giving orders.?Leadership is giving help.?

27.???????????????????????People see things as they are, not as you do.?

28.???????????????????????If you can change yourself, you can change the world.?

29.???????????????????????Chase ideas, not money.?

30.???????????????????????Dreaming inside of the box is intelligence.?Dreaming outside of the box is intelligence.?

31.???????????????????????Never talk yourself out of an opportunity.?

32.???????????????????????One who limits others limits himself.?

33.???????????????????????Intelligence will help you cross a river, imagination will help you cross an ocean.?

34.???????????????????????One who wishes to cross the sky first builds a plane.?

35.???????????????????????Make your own luck, you have the ingredients.?

36.???????????????????????Set backs are catalysts for comebacks.?

37.???????????????????????Use failures arrows for firewood.?

38.???????????????????????If you have the world on your shoulders, make sure someone is helping you carry it.?

39.???????????????????????A bow is useless without an arrow.?

40.???????????????????????The ships weight does not intimidate the ocean.?

41.???????????????????????When the sky is empty so are the rivers.?

42.???????????????????????When the world pulls you down, you are responsible for pulling yourself up.?

43.???????????????????????A boat that sails is better than a ship that sinks.?

44.???????????????????????Respect is the beginning of honor.?

45.???????????????????????Power is better than weakness.?

46.???????????????????????I would rather be the tail of a serpent than be the head of a mouse.?

47.???????????????????????It is better to be feared by elephants than to be respected by ants.?

48.???????????????????????The wisdom of sheep is foolishness to lions.?

49.???????????????????????A brave ant is better than a cowardly elephant.?

50.???????????????????????Increase your strengths.?Reduce your weaknesses.?Multiply your opportunities.?

51.???????????????????????Resist what weakens you.?Embrace what strengthens you.?

52.???????????????????????Attack strategically.?Retreat intelligently.?Advance shrewdly.?

53.???????????????????????Knowing when to act is intelligence; knowing when not to is wisdom.?

54.???????????????????????Concealing a weakness is as wise as concealing a strength.?

55.???????????????????????A snake can wound even a lion.?

56.???????????????????????The eye of a serpent is greater than the ear of a wolf.?

57.???????????????????????A wise ant better than a foolish elephant.?

58.???????????????????????Reality introduces you to the world.?Awareness introduces the world to you.?

59.???????????????????????Learn to live.?Live to learn.?

60.???????????????????????The power hungry are inferior to the knowledge hungry.?

61.???????????????????????Learn it alls are wiser than know it alls.?

62.???????????????????????What you don’t know is more important than what you know.?

63.???????????????????????Never strip a village of its elders.?

64.???????????????????????If you choose money over education, you will always be poor.?

65.???????????????????????Create the change you want to pass on to your children.?

66.???????????????????????One who leads from the front is greater than one who leads from behind.?

67.???????????????????????Every lesson you learn is a blank check.?

68.???????????????????????The crown of wisdom comes from the scepter of reason.?

69.???????????????????????A book is a whole school that you can fit onto your shelf.?

70.???????????????????????Never follow anyone who doesn’t know where he is going.?

71.???????????????????????Don’t believe what people say, believe what people do.?

72.???????????????????????When you fall do not automatically assume those standing around you are there to pick you up.?

73.???????????????????????Appeasing your enemies is more dangerous than confronting them.?

74.???????????????????????A poor friend is better than a rich enemy.?

75.???????????????????????One who benefits from his enemies is wiser than one who merely benefits from his friends.?

76.???????????????????????The vices of the wise benefit them more than the virtues of fools.?

77.???????????????????????Peace is the highest heaven, bitterness is the highest hell.?

78.???????????????????????It is better to live in a hut with peace than in a palace with bitterness.?

79.???????????????????????In the midst of sheep, sleep with one eye open.?In the midst of lions, sleep with both eyes open.?

80.???????????????????????When you are ahead of your time, it is inevitable you will anger some people for leaving them behind.?

81.???????????????????????An ant that is feared is greater than a lion that is despised.?

82.???????????????????????A wolf that rules the jungle is greater than a lion that rules the forest.?

83.???????????????????????One who is first in a pond is better than one who is second in a sea.?

84.???????????????????????One who builds a village is better than one who destroys a city.?

85.???????????????????????The power of belief is greater than the power of doubt.?

86.???????????????????????The power of imagination is greater than the power of reality.?

87.???????????????????????Realists see things as they are; optimists see things as they should be.?

88.???????????????????????Intelligence will help you make a living; imagination will help you make a life.?

89.???????????????????????Growing old is not the same as growing up.?

90.???????????????????????If you fish and catch nothing, you have caught a lesson.?

91.???????????????????????The messenger is never to be blamed for the message.?

92.???????????????????????Truth is a divine spring; no matter how many draw from it, it will never run dry.?

93.???????????????????????Accepting things you cannot change is wiser than complaining about them.?

94.???????????????????????Be the miracle everyone has been waiting for.?

95.???????????????????????Go further than everyone believed you could.?

96.???????????????????????Use challenges to your advantage.?

97.???????????????????????Surround yourself with people better than you.?

98.???????????????????????Become the best at what you do.?

99.???????????????????????Be the leader you never had.?

100.??????????????????Leadership is influence, not titles.

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“All that is loved is greater than all that is feared.”

~Matshona Dhliwayo