Motivational Quotes

Leadership

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

- Syrus, Publilius

Best Quotes about Leadership

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

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal, Henri B.

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

Education is the mother of leadership.

Willkie, Wendell L.

Public sentiment is everything, with it nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed.

Lincoln, Abraham

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.

Popularity is not leadership.

Marcinko, Richard

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 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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Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Kissinger, Henry

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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

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

Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

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

Half, Robert

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.

Saying, Zen

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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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The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer's place.

Marden, Orison Swett

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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Knox, John

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When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

Wanamaker, John

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

Lukas, Wayne

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Men are lead by trifles.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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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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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 best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzu

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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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Who has not served cannot command.

Florio, John

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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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The person who has no enemies has no followers.

Piatt, Don

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

Parker, Dorothy

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

Depree, Max

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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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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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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Peters, Thomas J.

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The penalty of leadership is loneliness.

Robinson, H. Wheeler

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

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy