Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Lukas, Wayne

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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.

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

I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.

Truman, Harry S

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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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

11.

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

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

Oech, Roger Von

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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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It is a characteristic of all movements and crusades that the psychopathic element rises to the top.

Lindner, Robert

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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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.

18.

If you want to be comfortable -- take an easy job. If you aspire to leadership, take off your coat.

19.

When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

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

Motto

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

Laura Preble

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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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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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

28.

The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

29.

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

30.

I'm their leader, I've got to follow them.

Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Diderot, Denis

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

Proverb, French

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

Motto

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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

Perot, H. Ross

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

Iacocca, Lee

40.

The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

42.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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

Bennis, Warren

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going