Leadership quote
A
leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see,
and who sees before others see. Leroy Eimes
Wise leaders generally have wise
counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogene
A boss loves power; a leader loves people. Amit
Kalantri
No man will make a great leader who
wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. Andrew
Carnegie
A leader is not an administrator who
loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they
can get on with their jobs. Robert Townsend
A good leader leads the people from
above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. M. D. Arnold
There is a difference between being a
leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind
obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust. Klaus
Balkenhol
Leadership is not about a
title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact
involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for
your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers. Robin S. Sharma
Leadership is about vision
and responsibility, not power. Seth Berkley
Leadership is not about
you; it's about investing in the growth of others. Ken Blanchard
I've learned that positive
thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress. Richard
M. DeVos
A
boss has the title, a leader has the people. Simon Sinek
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in
front. Nelson Mandela
The ability to learn is the most
important quality a leader can have. Sheryl Sandberg
Leaders
must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate
them. John C. Maxwell
Don’t
tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you
with their results. George Patton
The
mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward
Leadership
is an action, not a position. Donald McGannon
Believe
you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt
The
future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X
Leaders
are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into
sharing their dream. Warren Bennis
Leaders must encourage their
organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. Warren Bennis
Leadership should be more
participative than directive, more enabling than performing. Mary D. Poole
I am not afraid of an army of lions
led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the
Great
Ninety percent of leadership is the
ability to communicate something people want. Dianne Feinstein
I can’t change the direction of the
wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean
Show me the man you honor and I will
know what kind of man you are. Thomas John Carlisle
Leadership
is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. Seth Godin
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one
who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the
greatest things. Ronald Reagan
To add value to others, one must first value
others. John Maxwell
A
true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set
out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. Douglas MacArthur
The task of the leader is to get their people
from where they are to where they have not been. Henry Kissinger
Treat
people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what
they are capable of being. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I
suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along
with people. Mahatma Gandhi
There
are no office hours for leaders. Cardinal J. Gibbons
When people talk, listen completely. Ernest
Hemingway
I
can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through--then follow
through. Edward Rickenbacker
One
of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Arnold Glasow
The
important thing is this: to be able to give up in any given moment all that we
are for what we can become. DeSeaux
The
quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. Ray Kroc
Do
what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. Eleanor
Roosevelt
I cannot give you the formula for success, but
I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert
Swope
True
leadership lies in guiding others to success--in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. Bill Owens
Becoming
a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and
it is also that difficult. Warren Bennis
Wisdom
is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing
it. David Star Jordan
Control
is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If
you seek to lead, invest at least 50 percent of your time in leading
yourself--your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at
least 20 percent leading those with authority over you and 15 percent leading
your peers. Dee Hock
Leaders don't inflict pain, they share
pain. Max Depree
Wise
leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogenes of Sinope
The
growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. Harvey S.
Firestone
Management
is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing. Peter F. Drucker
The
function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader
Leadership
is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren G.
Bennis
To
do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. Friedrich
Nietzsche
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to
communicate something people want. Dianne Feinstein
Effective
leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline,
carrying it out. Stephen Covey
All
of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. John Kenneth Galbraith
The task of leadership is not to put greatness
into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. John Buchan
Leadership
is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he
wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Great
leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument,
debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. Colin
Powell
A
leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries
water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs. Robert
Townsend
Leadership
cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. Harold Geneen
If your actions inspire
others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
-John Quincy Adams
-John Quincy Adams
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