Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

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

Schorr, James

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

Proverb, German

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

Perot, H. Ross

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Half, Robert

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

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

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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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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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 first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without'playing up'to anyone - even to himself.

Andre Malraux

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Impatience is the cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances Command by obeying.

Motto

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

Proverb, French

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

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

Depree, Max

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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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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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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Lauren, Ralph

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The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Patton, George S.

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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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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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The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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The real leader has no need to lead -- he is content to point the way.

Miller, Henry

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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.

Maurois, Andre

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Self-regulation will always be a challenge, but if somebody's going to be in charge, it might as well be me.

Daniel Akst

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

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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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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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The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

Batten, Joe

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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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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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To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

Namath, Joe

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

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

Wanamaker, John

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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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Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.

Bennis, Warren

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There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led

Evans, Bergen

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

Maxwell, John C.