Motivational Quotes

Leadership

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

- Anderson, Marian

Best Quotes about Leadership

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

Lippmann, Walter

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

Galbraith, John Kenneth

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal, Henri B.

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

Batten, Joe

'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.

Cervantes, Miguel De

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

Perot, H. Ross

Great leaders understand human behavior rather than the cybernetics of any function.

Schorr, James

10.

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

Wanamaker, John

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Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Will, George F.

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Leadership is not magnetic personality--that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people --that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Drucker, Peter F.

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Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Lombardi, Vince

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I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Tutu, Bishop Desmond

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There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led

Evans, Bergen

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It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.

Wolfe, Thomas

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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without'playing up'to anyone - even to himself.

Andre Malraux

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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and F?hrer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.

Jung, Carl

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The well being of the people is the supreme law.

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An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than an army of lions commanded by a stag.

Proverb

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Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Walton, Sam

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Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.

Packard, Vance

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When a blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow.

Proverb, French

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It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

28.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

32.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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A leader has been defined as one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

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That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

Melbourne, Lord

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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Bird, Larry

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Self-regulation will always be a challenge, but if somebody's going to be in charge, it might as well be me.

Daniel Akst

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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

Walters, J. Donald

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The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

Orwell, George

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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Diogenes of Sinope

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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

Kissinger, Henry

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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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Leadership has to do with direction. Management has to do with the speed, coordination and logistics in going in that direction. The WORKERS are chopping their way through the jungle. The MANAGERS are coordinating, making sure the tools are sharp, etc. The LEADERS climb a tree and shout Wrong jungle!! The MANAGERS shout back Be quiet! We're making progress!

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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus