Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

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

The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Churchill, Winston

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Augustine, St.

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

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Updike, John

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

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Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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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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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Iacocca, Lee

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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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Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Ward, Ted

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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

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To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Lindner, Robert

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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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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Ford, Henry

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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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True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.

Townsend, Robert

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

Proverb, French

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A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Ervin, Sam

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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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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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

Lao-Tzu

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The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

Orwell, George

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A leader has been defined as one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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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

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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius