Motivational Quotes

Leadership

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

- Diderot, Denis

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

I'm their leader, I've got to follow them.

Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

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

Allen, Norman

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Rohn, Jim

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.

Ewing, Russell H.

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

Maxwell, John C.

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

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

Sheehy, Gail

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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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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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

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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. Source Unknown Effective leaders are known by the questions they ask rather than the statements they make.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

Barker, Joel A.

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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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The lead dog gets the best view. The rest of the dogs view is butt ugly. Of course, the lead dog is also the first to fall into the ravine.

Saunders, Richard

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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Certainly a leader needs a clear vision of the organization and where it is going, but a vision is of little value unless it is shared in a way so as to generate enthusiasm and commitment. Leadership and communication are inseparable.

Taylor, Claude

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The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

Caine, Mark

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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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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Proverb, French

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

Batten, Joe

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

Hennessy, Edward

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A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

Townsend, Robert

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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.

Ward, Ted

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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Ervin, Sam

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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

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Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

Marcos, Ferdinand E.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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The wealth of kings is in the affections of their subjects.

Motto

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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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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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There is no such thing as a perfect leader either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inserting scallions into its nose in an effort to look like an elephant.

Liu Shao-Ch'I

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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

Confucius

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We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Patton, George S.

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I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De

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

Naisbitt, John

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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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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca