Motivational Quotes

Leadership

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

- Lippmann, Walter

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

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

Azai, Rabbi Ben

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Diogenes of Sinope

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

Do your best to be the lead dog otherwise the view never changes.

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

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Rohn, Jim

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

Lukas, Wayne

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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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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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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

Geneen, Harold S.

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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 action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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

Depree, Max

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The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...

Forbes, B. C.

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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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The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Ovid

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

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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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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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

Batten, Joe

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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

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

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

Townsend, Robert

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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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It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.

Lao-Tzu

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

Melbourne, Lord

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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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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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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.

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Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Will, George F.

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Those who can command themselves command others.

Hazlitt, William

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Lippmann, Walter

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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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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