Motivational Quotes

Leadership

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Leadership

Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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

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

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

We will make them think it's their idea. That's how all great leaders fool people.

Laura Preble

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

The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says lets, GO!

Selfridge, H. Gordon

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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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.

Churchill, Winston

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

Tutu, Bishop Desmond

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The well being of the people is the supreme law.

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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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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Landry, Tom

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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

Depree, Max

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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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

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Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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Leadership is not a position. You are not a leader because you have the title of manager. Leadership is something that we earn from followers on a day to day basis.

The EMS Manager Newsletter

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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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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers -- not their minds.

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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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The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

Lukas, Wayne

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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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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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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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True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.

Townsend, Robert

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

Forbes, B. C.

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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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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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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Proverb, French

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When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

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It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Oech, Roger Von

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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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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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.

Maurois, Andre