Motivational Quotes

Leadership

Morale is faith in the man at the top.

- Johnston, Albert Sidney

Best Quotes about Leadership

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

Great leaders understand human behavior rather than the cybernetics of any function.

Schorr, James

The well being of the people is the supreme law.

When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

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.

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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

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

Maxwell, John C.

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

Proverb, French

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Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader.

Newcomb, Arthur W.

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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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

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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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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

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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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Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus

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

Perot, H. Ross

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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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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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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 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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I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Churchill, Winston

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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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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.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Hesburgh, Theodore M.

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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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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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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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It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.

Wolfe, Thomas

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Do your best to be the lead dog otherwise the view never changes.

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

Depree, Max

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Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.

Proverb, German

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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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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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The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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The real leader has no need to lead -- he is content to point the way.

Miller, Henry

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

Naisbitt, John

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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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That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

Melbourne, Lord

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

Batten, Joe

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

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