Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Proverb, German

Best Quotes about Leadership

The right man comes at the right time.

Proverb, Italian

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

Every ruler is harsh whose laws are new.

Aeschylus

We will make them think it's their idea. That's how all great leaders fool people.

Laura Preble

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

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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

Half, Robert

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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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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Syrus, Publilius

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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

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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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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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Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going

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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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A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

Barker, Joel A.

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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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Leadership is not a position. You are not a leader because you have the title of manager. Leadership is something that we earn from followers on a day to day basis.

The EMS Manager Newsletter

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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

Haggai, John

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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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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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Leadership must be established from the top down.

Nunn, Sam

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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

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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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Great leaders understand human behavior rather than the cybernetics of any function.

Schorr, James

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I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

Nixon, Richard M.

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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 good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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

Naisbitt, John

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

Caine, Mark

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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A leader has been defined as one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

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

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Lukas, Wayne

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

Oech, Roger Von

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Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Walton, Sam

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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 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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To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

Namath, Joe