Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Proverb

Best Quotes about Leadership

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

Churchill, Winston

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.

Jaques, Elliott

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

Ford, Henry

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

Laura Preble

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

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

Hesburgh, Theodore M.

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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

Schorr, James

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

Motto

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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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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Peter Drucker

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Proverb, German

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

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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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Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.

Hennessy, Edward

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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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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

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

Confucius

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Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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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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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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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

Kissinger, Henry

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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 getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Bird, Larry

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

Pope John XXIII

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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

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

Walters, J. Donald

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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Lao-Tzu

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

Depree, Max

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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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Who has not served cannot command.