Motivational Quotes

Leadership

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

- Lukas, Wayne

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Adelman, Ken

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

Perot, H. Ross

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

Proverb

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

Marx, Groucho

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.

Ward, Ted

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca

Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing.

Bennis, Warren

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.

Ewing, Russell H.

To lead people walk behind them.

Lao-Tzu

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Schwarzkopf, Norman

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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The highest of distinctions is service to others.

King George VI

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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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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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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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Leadership must be established from the top down.

Nunn, Sam

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

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The well being of the people is the supreme law.

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The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.

Adair, John

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

Naisbitt, John

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Morale is faith in the man at the top.

Johnston, Albert Sidney

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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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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

Sheehy, Gail

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

Parker, Dorothy

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Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the long haul.

Tead, Orway

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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Seneca

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Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Patton, George S.

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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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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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We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The lead dog gets the best view. The rest of the dogs view is butt ugly. Of course, the lead dog is also the first to fall into the ravine.

Saunders, Richard

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The measure of a great leader, is their success in bringing everyone around to their opinion twenty years later.