Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

Melbourne, Lord

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.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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

Marx, Groucho

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Maurois, Andre

10.

If you want to be comfortable -- take an easy job. If you aspire to leadership, take off your coat.

11.

When we think we lead we are most led.

Byron, Lord

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

Half, Robert

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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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Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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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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Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.

Packard, Vance

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

Milton, John

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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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An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than an army of lions commanded by a stag.

Proverb

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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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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

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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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The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and F?hrer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.

Jung, Carl

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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

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

Maxwell, John C.

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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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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So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Peter Drucker

32.

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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Leadership must be established from the top down.

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

Perot, H. Ross

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The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Anderson, Marian

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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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It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

Oech, Roger Von

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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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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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Proverb, German

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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John