Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

Best Quotes about Leadership

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Adelman, Ken

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

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

Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Diderot, Denis

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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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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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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The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without'playing up'to anyone - even to himself.

Andre Malraux

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You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

Bird, Larry

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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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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Herbert, George

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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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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Lukas, Wayne

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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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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Bennis, Warren

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

Proverb, German

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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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I'm their leader, I've got to follow them.

Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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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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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Field, Marshall

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

Naisbitt, 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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To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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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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Leaders are readers.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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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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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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Leadership has to do with direction. Management has to do with the speed, coordination and logistics in going in that direction. The WORKERS are chopping their way through the jungle. The MANAGERS are coordinating, making sure the tools are sharp, etc. The LEADERS climb a tree and shout Wrong jungle!! The MANAGERS shout back Be quiet! We're making progress!

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

Ovid

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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 manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Bennis, Warren

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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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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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Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers -- not their minds.