Motivational Quotes

Leadership

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

- Galbraith, John Kenneth

Best Quotes about Leadership

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

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.

When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow -- to the end at all costs.

Seymour, Harold J.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Thatcher, Margaret

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

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

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.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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

Motto

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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

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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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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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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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Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing.

Bennis, Warren

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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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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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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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We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Stendhal, Henri B.

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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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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

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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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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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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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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

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

Townsend, Robert

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

Half, Robert

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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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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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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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Leadership is not magnetic personality--that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people --that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Drucker, Peter F.

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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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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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The penalty of leadership is loneliness.

Robinson, H. Wheeler

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

Naisbitt, John

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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Parker, Dorothy

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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 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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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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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