Leadership Quotes

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

Self-regulation will always be a challenge, but if somebody's going to be in charge, it might as well be me.

An Army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but where they ought to be.

Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.

The question, "Who ought to be boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

What luck for rulers that men do not think.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

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.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

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

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

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

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

The President of the United States hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully to hear the one voice that tells him he's not.

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership.

To be a leader means to be able to move masses.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

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

If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.