Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Bennis, Warren

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Rockefeller, John D.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Lincoln, Abraham

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

Iacocca, Lee

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

Enrico, Roger

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The measure of a great leader, is their success in bringing everyone around to their opinion twenty years later.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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

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

Proverb, French

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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Lao-Tzu

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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 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 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

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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

Ovid

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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Updike, John

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The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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

Barker, Joel A.

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The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Bennis, Warren

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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

Lombardi, Vince

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The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders -- people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead.

Welch, John

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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.

Carlyle, Thomas

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It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.

Kennedy, John F.

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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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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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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Depree, Max

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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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The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.