Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Motto

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.

Packard, Vance

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Proverb, French

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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.

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

When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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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 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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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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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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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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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

Sheehy, Gail

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

Maurois, Andre

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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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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

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Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Marx, Groucho

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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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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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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Efficiency tends to deal with Things. Effectiveness tends to deal with People. We manage things, we lead people

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

Depree, Max

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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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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Seneca

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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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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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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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To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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

Schorr, James

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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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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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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without'playing up'to anyone - even to himself.

Andre Malraux

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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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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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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.

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The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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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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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.