Motivational Quotes

Leadership

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

- Kissinger, Henry

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Maurois, Andre

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

Proverb, French

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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

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

Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

Walters, J. Donald

The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.

Saying, Zen

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

Schorr, James

People try so hard to believe in leaders now, pitifully hard. But we no sooner get a popular reformer or politician or soldier or writer or philosopher --a Roosevelt, a Tolstoy, a Wood, a Shaw, a Nietzsche, than the cross-currents of criticism wash him away. My Lord, no man can stand prominence these days. It's the surest path to obscurity. People get sick of hearing the same name over and over.

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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 world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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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 wealth of kings is in the affections of their subjects.

Motto

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

Iacocca, Lee

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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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A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Meir, Golda

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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.

Ward, Ted

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If I advance, follow me! If I retreat, kill me! If I die, avenge me!

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

Brecht, Bertolt

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A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Adelman, Ken

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An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than an army of lions commanded by a stag.

Proverb

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

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The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Anderson, Marian

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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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In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.

Hoover, Herbert Clark

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

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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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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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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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Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing.

Bennis, Warren

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You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.

Parker, Dorothy

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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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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 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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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 first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

Batten, Joe

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

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal, Henri B.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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 speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

Lukas, Wayne