Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Nunn, Sam

I'm their leader, I've got to follow them.

Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Schorr, James

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

Motto

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Skill in the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Allen, Norman

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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.

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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.

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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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The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.

Saying, Zen

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

Proverb, French

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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 first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

Batten, Joe

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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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

Barker, Joel A.

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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 world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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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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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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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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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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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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A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.

Milton, John

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

Lindner, Robert

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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.

Townsend, Robert

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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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When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

Wanamaker, John

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

Parker, Dorothy

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

Walters, J. Donald

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It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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