Motivational Quotes

Leadership

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

- Selden, John

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

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

Churchill, Winston

Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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

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

Walters, J. Donald

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal, Henri B.

The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

Forbes, B. C.

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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

Laura Preble

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

Proverb, German

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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Rockefeller, John D.

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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

Nixon, Richard M.

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You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.

Parker, Dorothy

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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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

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

Churchill, Winston

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

Townsend, Robert

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I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Tutu, Bishop Desmond

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The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders -- people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead.

Welch, John

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No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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

Ford, Henry

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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

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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 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

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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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Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Rohn, Jim

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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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