Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Maurois, Andre

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Bennis, Warren

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Lombardi, Vince

Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

Confucius

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

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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!

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

Ford, Henry

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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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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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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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 not magnetic personality--that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people --that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Drucker, Peter F.

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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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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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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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Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the long haul.

Tead, Orway

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Maurois, Andre

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

Ward, Ted

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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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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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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 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 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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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Walton, Sam

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

Half, Robert

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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

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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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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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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Patton, George S.

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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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Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

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

Motto

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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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

Schorr, James

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

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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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.