Motivational Quotes

Leadership

When placed in command -- take charge.

- Schwarzkopf, Norman

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

The well being of the people is the supreme law.

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

Confucius

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Peters, Thomas J.

Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Adelman, Ken

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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 not a position. You are not a leader because you have the title of manager. Leadership is something that we earn from followers on a day to day basis.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Proverb, French

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In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.

Hoover, Herbert Clark

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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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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Maxwell, John C.

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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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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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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

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.

Humes, James

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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 leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

Lombardi, Vince

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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.

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

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

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Half, Robert

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Each person must decide for himself what he wants each day. As a leader, I will expose you to the options and the likely consequences of those options. I'll even share my opinion if asked, but I'll never confuse it with the opinion, which simply doesn't exist.

Dyer, Wayne

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Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Will, George F.

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A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

Barker, Joel A.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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

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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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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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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.

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.