Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Ford, Henry

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

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

Kissinger, Henry

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

Patton, George S.

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.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

Half, Robert

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

The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

Haggai, John

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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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

Townsend, Robert

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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Oech, Roger Von

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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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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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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Peters, Thomas J.

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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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He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf; eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Such a man makes every acre of land in his community worth more, and makes richer every man who lives near him.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

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

Bennis, Warren

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

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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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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

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

Perot, H. Ross

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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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

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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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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Lauren, Ralph

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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.

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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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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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When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow -- to the end at all costs.

Seymour, Harold J.

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Impatience is the cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances Command by obeying.

Motto

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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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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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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.

Humes, James