Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Bennis, Warren

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

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Meir, Golda

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

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

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

Ward, Ted

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.

Lapham, Lewis H.

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

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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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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Churchill, Winston

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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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

Maurois, Andre

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

Brecht, Bertolt

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Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus

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

Schorr, James

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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

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

Adelman, Ken

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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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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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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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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

Ovid

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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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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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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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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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Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Lombardi, Vince

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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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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 is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader.

Newcomb, Arthur W.

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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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The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian