Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Cervantes, Miguel De

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Daniel Akst

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.

Truman, Harry S

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

Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.

Hennessy, Edward

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Patton, George S.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Peter Drucker

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It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.

Lao-Tzu

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader.

Newcomb, Arthur W.

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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

Geneen, Harold S.

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You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.

Parker, Dorothy

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Each person must decide for himself what he wants each day. As a leader, I will expose you to the options and the likely consequences of those options. I'll even share my opinion if asked, but I'll never confuse it with the opinion, which simply doesn't exist.

Dyer, Wayne

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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Rohn, Jim

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Public sentiment is everything, with it nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus

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A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Adelman, Ken

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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

Ward, William A.

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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Patton, George S.

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Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Naisbitt, John

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

Wanamaker, John

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer's place.

Marden, Orison Swett

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The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.

Adair, John

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If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you.

Azai, Rabbi Ben

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Leaders don't inflict pain -- they share pain.

Depree, Max

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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

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

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Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

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The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.

Saying, Zen

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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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It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

Pope John XXIII

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Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Allen, Norman

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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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I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Churchill, Winston

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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Maxwell, John C.

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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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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

Lombardi, Vince

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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

Brecht, Bertolt

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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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Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

Humphrey, Hubert H.

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Efficiency tends to deal with Things. Effectiveness tends to deal with People. We manage things, we lead people