Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Cervantes, Miguel De

Best Quotes about Leadership

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De

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.

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

Stendhal, Henri B.

The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Marx, Groucho

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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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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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Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

13.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Selden, John

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Landry, Tom

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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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

Miller, Henry

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

Motto

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

Wanamaker, John

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

Tutu, Bishop Desmond

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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

Lukas, Wayne

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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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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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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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If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you.

Azai, Rabbi Ben

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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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Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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

Proverb, German

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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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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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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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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Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.

Jaques, Elliott

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The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer's place.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Naisbitt, John

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Diderot, Denis

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