Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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.

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Half, Robert

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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.

Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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.

Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

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.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Augustine, St.

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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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The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents.

Parrish, Amos

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

Wanamaker, John

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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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

Depree, Max

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I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

Nixon, Richard M.

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If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Thatcher, Margaret

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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

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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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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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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 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 penalty of leadership is loneliness.

Robinson, H. Wheeler

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Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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 serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.

Ward, Ted

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.

Milton, John

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Azai, Rabbi Ben

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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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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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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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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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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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The well being of the people is the supreme law.

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

Motto

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It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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 speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

Lukas, Wayne

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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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No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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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