Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Parker, Dorothy

Best Quotes about Leadership

Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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

Schwarzkopf, Norman

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

When placed in command -- take charge.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Peters, Thomas J.

It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.

Kennedy, John F.

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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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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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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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The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

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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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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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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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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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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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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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To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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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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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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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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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

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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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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

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

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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

Proverb, German

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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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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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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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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

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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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Leadership is action, not position.

Mcgannon, Donald H.

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

Miller, Henry

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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

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

Motto

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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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