900 Best Leader Inspirational Quotes (2023)
1. Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another
2. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” —Bill Bradley
3. “Leaders never use the word failure. They look upon setbacks as learning experiences.” Brian Tracy
4. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5. A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit
6. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. ” —Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman of IBM
7. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like
8. There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage
9. A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops
10. “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.” Colin Powell
11. “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” - Pat Riley
12. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock
13. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
14. “There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.”
15. “A leader is a dealer in hope. ” - Napoleon Bonaparte
16. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people.
17. The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity
18. “Anyone, anywhere can make a positive difference. ” - Mark Sanborn
19. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” ~ Stephen Covey
20. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle
21. “Lead, follow, or get out of the way. ”
22. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”
23. “The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”
24. “What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” —Plutarch
25. “Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. ” - Margaret Wheatley
26. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
27. “I have broken many glass ceilings - so I know it can be done. ”
28. “A leader doesn't demand respect; a leader earns it. ”
29. “Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.” — Ross Perot. 50. “The ...
30. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ” —Steve Jobs, chairman of Apple
31. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality
32. “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” ~ General George Patton
33. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
34. A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see
35. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. —Warren Bennis
36. 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
37. It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. —Latin Proverb
38. “If you cannot allow people to do their jobs … nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.”
39. “Rise, lead, and inspire. ”
40. I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. —Dee Dee Myers
41. A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see
42. “The three ‘C’s’ of leadership are consideration, caring, and courtesy. Be polite to everyone.” Brian Tracy
43. A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. —John Maxwell
44. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
45. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple
46. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” Bill Bradley
47. “Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ” ~ Gloria Steinem
48. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” —Albert Einstein
49. A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. —Stephen King
50. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.”
51. 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
52. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford
53. “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal. ” —E. Joseph Cossman, inventor and businessman
54. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective
55. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.” Ross Perot
56. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.”
57. Eleanor Roosevelt; The mediocre teacher tells
58. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
59. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” - Theodore Roosevelt
60. “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about
61. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”
62. “People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.” ~ Michelle Obama
63. “Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”~ Harold Geneen
64. The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been
65. “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” - Bill Gates
66. “Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.”
67. “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.”
68. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” ~ Aristotle
69. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” Eleanor Roosevelt
70. “What you do has a far greater impact than what you say.” - Stephen Covey
71. The supreme quality of leadership is integrity. –Dwight Eisenhower
72. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” ~ M.D. Arnold
73. Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results
74. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.”
75. Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths
76. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ” —Muriel Strode, poet
77. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
78. "Leadership is an action, not a position. ” - Donald McGannon
79. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. ”
80. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. ” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German poet, playwright, and novelist
81. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” - Rosa Parks
82. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” —Napoleon Hill
83. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. —John Maxwell
84. You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership. –Dwight Eisenhower
85. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
86. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.” —John C. Maxwell
87. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right
88. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
89. “When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.” Winston Churchill
90. Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. —Erskine Bowles
91. I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be. —Warren Bennis
92. “A leader should be able to foresee crisis situations and be proactive” ~ Invajy
93. The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on. —Walter Lippman
94. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. ” – John C Maxwell
95. The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist
96. “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. ” - Tom Peters
97. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” ~ Harvey S. Firestone
98. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. —Bill Bradley
99. “You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.” ~ Henry Ford
100. “Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone’s following you.” ~ Henry Gilmer
101. “Leadership is a choice, not a position.”
102. “The best leaders bring out the best in others. ”
103. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy
104. “Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.”~ Lyndon B. Johnson
105. “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ” ~ Andy Warhol
106. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. ” –John C. Maxwell
107. A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. —Rosalynn Carter
108. Leaders live by choice, not by accident
109. Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence
110. “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” ~ Woodrow Wilson
111. A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader
112. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
113. “Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.”
114. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ” –John Quincy Adams
115. No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
116. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” ~ Aristotle
117. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. —Kenneth Blanchard
118. I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? —Benjamin Disraeli
119. “The price of greatness is responsibility.”
120. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy
121. To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less
122. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. — General George Patton
123. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” - Warren Buffett
124. "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about others. - Jack Welch
125. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way
126. “As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow.”
127. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
128. “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character.
129. “Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
130. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other
131. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” M.D. Arnold
132. “Leading by example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means. ” – Albert Einstein
133. “Leaders are innovative, entrepreneurial, and future-oriented. They focus on getting the job done.” Brian Tracy
134. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
135. 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
136. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” ~ John Maxwell
137. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
138. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
139. “The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ” —Warren Bennis, American scholar, organizational consultant, and author
140. “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”
141. “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Jim Rohn
142. “A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.” ~ Polybius
143. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” —Dalai Lama
144. A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week
145. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”
146. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. —Jack Welch
147. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” Father Theodore M. Hesburgh
148. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
149. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
150. “You manage things; you lead people.”
151. “Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.” - Walt Disney
152. “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” – Gen. George S. Patton
153. “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
154. “Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge
155. “You don’t have to hold a position to be a leader.” - Henry Ford
156. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ” —Warren Buffett, investor
157. “A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.” John Maxwell
158. “The greatest leaders build organizations that in the end, don’t need them.”
159. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ” —Margaret Fuller, American journalist and editor
160. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ” —Thomas A. Edison, American inventor
161. “If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.” ~ Jim Rohn
162. “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. ” —Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister
163. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” ~ John Maxwell
164. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
165. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.”
166. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
167. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” ~ Peter Drucker
168. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus. ” - Martin Luther King
169. “Leaders walk a fine line between self-confidence and humility. ” —Stanley McChrystal, retired United States Army General
170. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it.”
171. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. —Peter Drucker
172. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. —Lao Tzu
173. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
174. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. ” —Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue
175. Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. · 2. Be a yardstick of quality. · 3. Whether you think
176. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut
177. “There is little success where there is little laughter. ” ~ Andrew Carnegie
178. The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. —Eric Hoffer
179. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
180. “I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: try to please everybody.” Herbert Bayard Swope
181. “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. ” ~ Linus Pauling
182. If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader
183. “Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. ” - Stephen Covey
184. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another. ” ~ John C. Maxwell
185. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. ”
186. “Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.” Warren G. Bennis
187. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you
188. · 1. “A leader is best when people barely
189. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better. ” ~ Steve Jobs
190. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” Stephen Covey
191. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men
192. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck
193. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked;
194. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you
195. “Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.” ~ Douglas MacArthur
196. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ” —John Quincy Adams, former U. S. President
197. “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."
198. “Who you are surrounded by often determines who you become. ”
199. Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work
200. What you do has far greater impact than what you say. —Stephen Covey
201. “Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit.” ~ Jennifer Granholm
202. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way
203. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” ~ Ralph Nader
204. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet and philosopher
205. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” Ken Blanchard
206. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” Brian Tracy
207. “Leadership is a choice, not a position.” —Stephen Covey
208. Leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory
209. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”
210. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others. ” - Robert Louis Stevenson
211. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ” –Bill Gates
212. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
213. “Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.”
214. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” Brian Tracy
215. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” George Patton
216. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ” —Stephen R. Covey, American educator
217. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” ~ Winston Churchill
218. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” - Max Lucado
219. “Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. ” ~ Dalai Lama
220. Never give an order that can't be obeyed. —General Douglas MacArthur
221. “It’s not about you. It’s about them.”
222. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.”
223. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others
224. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft
225. “Be the change you want to see. ” – Mahatma Gandhi
226. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” ~ Lao Tzu
227. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” Stephen Covey
228. “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. ” ~ Henry J. Kaiser
229. “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you.” - Indra Nooyi
230. “If you want to become a stronger leader, you must be willing to step up, show up, and put in the time!”
231. “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” ~ Harold S.Geneen
232. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better
233. “If you really want to grow as an entrepreneur, you’ve got to learn to delegate.” Richard Branson
234. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” ~ Bill Gates
235. “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” Andrew Carnegie
236. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ” - William Arthur Ward
237. “A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. ” —Stephen King, author
238. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” Bill Gates
239. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” ~ George S. Patton
240. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.” ~ Seth Godin
241. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
242. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.”
243. “I don’t want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs. ” ~ Samuel Goldwyn
244. “It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.”
245. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” ~ Dale Carnegie
246. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” Napoleon
247. “Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.” Thomas John Carlisle
248. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. —Arnold Glasow
249. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” Peter F. Drucker
250. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way
251. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.” Brian Tracy
252. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” — Stephen Covey, author, businessman and speaker
253. “I’m a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren’t, I wouldn’t have this company. ”
254. “I’m all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself.
255. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” Arnold Glasow
256. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that count."
257. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” — William Arthur Ward
258. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing
259. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
260. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” ~ Henry Ford
261. ”Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. ” Harry S. Truman
262. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.” Jessica Jackley
263. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus
264. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter F. Drucker
265. “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
266. “Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.” ~ John Zenger
267. “Leadership Is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people” ~ Brian Tracy
268. “A good leader must hate the wrong thing more than they hate the pain of doing the right thing. ” —Angela Jiang, product manager
269. “No man is good enough to govern another man
270. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
271. Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out
272. “Do or do not, there is no try. ” – Yoda (from Star Wars)
273. “Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.” Robert Louis Stevenson
274. “Leadership can’t be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed,
275. “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” Carl Jung
276. Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it
277. “Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.” General Colin Powell
278. Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected
279. “The growth and development of people is the
280. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. ” –Anna Wintour
281. When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. —Napoleon Bonaparte
282. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. —John Quincy Adams
283. “When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
284. “Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.” ~ Bo Bennett
285. “If you’re not making some notable mistakes along the way, you’re certainly not taking enough business and career chances
286. “A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”
287. “He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious."
288. Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. —Warren Bennis
289. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
290. To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. —Friedrich Nietzsche
291. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together
292. “What we do today will echo in eternity. ”
293. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. ” - Lao Tzu
294. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” —George Patton
295. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” Max Lucado
296. “A leader should be visionary and have more foresight than an employee.” ~ Jack Ma
297. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” – Arnold Glasow, humorist and author
298. “A leader is someone who holds herself or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes.” ~ Brene Brown
299. “Power isn’t control at all – power is strength, and giving that strength
300. A leader is a dealer in hope. —Napoleon Bonaparte
301. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. ” —John Maxwell, author, speaker, and pastor
302. “Education is the mother of leadership. ” —Wendell Willkie, lawyer
303. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
304. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. —Aristotle
305. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
306. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.”
307. You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader
308. “Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness
309. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” General Dwight Eisenhower
310. “The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. ” - Seth Godin
311. “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.”
312. “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.”
313. “A leader never stands still. ”
314. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. ” —Dianne Feinstein, Senior United States Senator
315. “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. ” ~ Colin Powell
316. “A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.” - Joe DiMaggio
317. “As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. ” —Toni Morrison, author
318. “A leader is a dealer in hope. ” —Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader and emperor
319. The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them
320. “True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but
321. “If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you.” ~ Indra Nooyi
322. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. —Brian Tracy
323. “Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain, author
324. “A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.” ~ Joel Barker
325. “Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.” Brian Tracy
326. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.”
327. Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. —Donald Rumsfeld
328. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”
329. “One person with commitment accomplishes more than
330. “Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.”
331. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. —Maya Angelou
332. “Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.”
333. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw
334. I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. —Ralph Nader
335. The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. —Ken Blanchard
336. ” –John Quincy Adams. Related: Everything
337. “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” Ken Kesey
338. "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves". - Lao Tzu
339. “Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. ” - George Patton
340. “Leadership is not a position, it’s an action. ”
341. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
342. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success;
343. There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage
344. . . “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there
345. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
346. “As a leader, you should always start with where people are before you try to take them where you want them to go.” Jim Rohn
347. “If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you.” - Tom Brady
348. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. ”
349. “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” ~ Zig Ziglar
350. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
351. “Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader.”
352. Leadership is not just about giving energy, it’s unleashing other people’s energy
353. “I think that my leadership style is to get people to
354. “Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.” ~ Richard Branson
355. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new
356. “Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” ~ Michelle Obama
357. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
358. “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ~ Margaret Fuller
359. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,
360. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” ~ Ray Kroc
361. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy
362. Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. —Stephen Covey
363. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. —John C. Maxwell
364. “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” Publilius Syrus
365. “Management is doing the right thing; leadership is doing the right things.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
366. 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
367. “Integrity, insight, and inclusiveness are the three essential qualities of leadership.” ~ Sadhguru
368. “You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results."
369. A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. —Polybius
370. “A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” —Arnold H. Glasow
371. Where there is no vision, the people perish. —Proverbs 29:18
372. “Leaders set high standards. refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.” Brian Tracy
373. “If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it. ” - Jack Weatherford
374. A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men
375. “In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” Max De Pree
376. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. —Max DePree
377. “You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.”
378. A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible
379. Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day. —Jesse Jackson
380. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~ Michael Jordan
381. “Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey. ” —Charles S. Lauer, author and businessman
382. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” ~ Pete Hoekstra
383. “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”
384. “I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I sure can pick smart colleagues. ” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
385. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” —Theodore Roosevelt
386. “Don’t follow the crowd. Let the crowd follow you.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
387. “Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down.”
388. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ” - Ralph Nader
389. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
390. “Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”
391. To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. —Pat Riley
392. “Leaders must be dreamers with their eyes wide open. – Harry S Truman
393. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others
394. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.”
395. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer
396. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” ~ Brian Tracy
397. A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader
398. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. ” —Peter F. Drucker, author and educator
399. The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision
400. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden. It’s deadly.” ~ Mark Sanborn
401. “Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” ~ James Humes
402. “A leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes. ” –Brené Brown
403. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ” ~ Sheryl Sandberg
404. “Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work."
405. Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing
406. Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream
407. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. ” ~ Christopher Columbus
408. People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. —John Maxwell
409. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
410. “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”
411. “Leadership is an action, not a position.” Donald McGannon
412. “Leading people is like cooking. Don’t stir too much. It annoys the
413. “Success is an exception, so be exceptional. ”
414. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”
415. “Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse."
416. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” ~ Max Lucado
417. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem
418. “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” – Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State
419. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” ~ John C. Maxwell
420. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
421. “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. ” ~ Benjamin Franklin
422. “The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” Brian Tracy
423. Do or do not. There is no try
424. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. ” —Faye Wattleton, American reproductive rights activist
425. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ~ Steve Jobs
426. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart
427. “A leader is a dealer in hope. ” —Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader
428. “Leadership is a choice, not a position.” ~ Stephen Covey
429. “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
430. “Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”
431. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience
432. “Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?” Brain Tracy
433. “Remember, feedback is meant to address the problem, not the person.”
434. Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want
435. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” John Maxwell
436. “The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you?” —Mark Sanborn, author, professional speaker, and entrepreneur
437. “Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
438. A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. —Ovid
439. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” John Maxwell
440. “It takes courage to lead change". – John F Kennedy
441. “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” —Bob Dylan
442. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
443. “When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.”
444. “Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.” Jaachynma N.E. Agu
445. “When people talk, listen completely.”
446. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. ” —Martin Luther King Jr. , civil rights activist
447. “The supreme quality of leadership is integrity. ” –Dwight D. Eisenhower
448. “Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way” Ronald Reagan
449. “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” William Falkner
450. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. ” ~ John C. Maxwell
451. “You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. ” – William J. Clinton
452. If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced
453. You don’t need a title to be a leader. –Multiple Attributions
454. “A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.” J.P. Morgan
455. “I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist
456. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people. ” ~ Mohandas Gandhi
457. A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. –George Patton
458. “Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.”
459. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”
460. So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. —Peter Drucker
461. The supreme quality of leadership is integrity
462. “Leaders don't inflict pain, they share pain.”
463. “All leaders are readers. ” —Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur
464. “Great leaders delegate and nurture future leaders.” ~ Invajy
465. “Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. ” —Margaret Wheatley, writer, teacher, and speaker
466. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ”
467. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” —George Addair
468. “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership,
469. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
470. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” Rosalynn Carter
471. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.” ~ Brian Tracy
472. “The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have. ” —Padmasree Warrior, CEO & founder of Fable
473. “Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence, and inspiration.” ~ Robin S. Sharma
474. “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. ” ~ George S. Patton
475. "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams
476. “It is absolutely necessary…for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.” George Washington
477. “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. John F. Kennedy
478. “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
479. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. —Tom Peters
480. “Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. ” - Peter F. Drucker
481. No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. —Abraham Lincoln
482. “Lead from the front, follow from behind. ”
483. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. ” ~ John C. Maxwell
484. “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
485. “Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” ~ Brian Tracy
486. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte, military leader
487. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems
488. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better. ” - Steve Jobs
489. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein
490. “He who has great power should use it lightly.”
491. “Do or do not. There is no try.” —Yoda
492. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”
493. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ~ Jack Welch
494. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” ~ Arnold Glasow
495. “People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
496. · A leader should be visionary and have more foresight than an employee. · Great leaders do not desire to lead but to
497. They reflect a lifetime of successes and failures that have
498. “The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven. ” ~ Knute Rockne
499. “Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.” - Mike Krzyzewski
500. “The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.” Oprah Winfrey
501. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ” ~ Joshua J. Marine
502. “In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up and goes.” – John Erskine, author
503. “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.” ~ Warren Bennis
504. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ” ~ Jimmy Dean
505. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.” Pete Hoekstra
506. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ” ~ Vince Lombardi
507. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Jack Welch
508. “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” Diogenes of Sinope
509. The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. —Tony Blair
510. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ” ~ Albert Einstein
511. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. ” - John Quincy Adams
512. The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes
513. “Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.”
514. Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs
515. “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell
516. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” Ralph Nader
517. The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership
518. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right
519. “The key to success is action.” Brian Tracy
520. “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” Robert E. Lee
521. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say ’Thank You. ’ In between, the leader is a servant
522. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ” - John F. Kennedy
523. “It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” Adlai E. Stevenson II
524. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value
525. Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led. —Ross Perot
526. A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men
527. “Successful leadership requires you to have a positive attitude and to stay focused on the goal. ” – Brian Tracy
528. “Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.” James Freeman Clark
529. “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” ~ Kenneth Blanchard
530. “The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.” – Albert Einstein, physicist
531. The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves
532. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. ”
533. He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. —Solon
534. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.”
535. “You manage things; you lead people.” ~ Grace Murray Hopper
536. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes
537. Don’t find fault, find a remedy
538. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – President Abraham Lincoln
539. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing. ” —Mary D. Poole, author
540. — Aristotle · No man will make a great leader who
541. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ” —Helen Keller, author, activist, and lecturer
542. "Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. - Tom Peters
543. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” - John Maxwell
544. Whatever you are, be a good one. —Abraham Lincoln
545. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. ”
546. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker
547. “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. ” - Jack Welch
548. A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t
549. “I never saw myself as an individual who had
550. “Taking responsibility of failure and giving credit of success to others is biggest quality of leaders.” ~ Invajy
551. “Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved,
552. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” Rosalynn Carter
553. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead
554. “The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.” Brandon Sanderson
555. “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of
556. Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day
557. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” - Madeleine Albright
558. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander
559. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” ~ Bill Bradley
560. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” ~ Sheryl Sanberg
561. “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. ” ~ Ancient Indian Proverb
562. “There is a difference between listening and
563. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”
564. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
565. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. ”
566. “Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.” – U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
567. “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in
568. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” —Henry Ford
569. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
570. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” - Peter F. Drucker
571. You don’t need a title to be a leader
572. “Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men–the other 999 follow women.” Groucho Marx
573. “I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
574. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." - Jack Welch
575. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” —Steve Jobs
576. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
577. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. ” —Malala Yousafzai, activist
578. “I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: try to please everybody. ” ~ Herbert Bayard Swope
579. “Teamwork makes the dream work. ”
580. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell
581. “Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference. ” —Robin Sharma, Canadian writer
582. “Leadership is not just about giving energy… it’s unleashing other people’s energy. ” —Paul Polman, Dutch businessman
583. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions.
584. “Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.” Brian Tracy
585. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. ” – Sheryl Sandberg
586. The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. —Sir Winston Churchill
587. "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. - William Arthur Ward
588. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be. ”
589. “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”
590. I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples
591. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
592. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
593. No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie
594. A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example
595. “True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that
596. “He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” - Niccolò Machiavelli
597. “Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. ” ~ Jamie Paolinetti
598. “I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered
599. “Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.” ~ Diogenes of Sinope
600. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency
601. “You can be a leader in your workplace, your neighborhood, or your family, all without having a title. ” —Travis Bradberry, author
602. A leader is a dealer in hope
603. The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. —Harvey Firestone
604. "The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow. - Seth Godin
605. “A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” Brian Tracy
606. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
607. “No guts, no story.” Chris Brady
608. “A leader is admired, a boss is feared.” ~ Vicente Del Bosque
609. “The best way to predict the future is to create it. ” ~ Peter Drucker
610. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”
611. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs
612. “A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.” M.D. Arnold
613. “As we look ahead into the next century,
614. Earn your leadership every day
615. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
616. “A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” ~ John Maxwell
617. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. —General Dwight Eisenhower
618. “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
619. “Do not be afraid to make decisions. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. ”
620. “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” Harvey Mackay
621. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.”
622. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” ~ Woody Allen
623. “He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”
624. Earn your leadership every day. –Michael Jordan
625. “The function of leadership is to produce
626. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” —Henry Ford
627. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. ” –Martin Luther King, Jr
628. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. ” –Brian Tracy
629. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” ~ Warren Bennis
630. You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. —Ken Kesey
631. A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position
632. “You don’t need a title to be a leader. ” —Unknown
633. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ” - Steve Jobs
634. “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” Tom Peters
635. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” Bill George
636. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do
637. “You don't need a title to be a leader. ” - Mark Sanborn
638. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
639. More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together
640. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves
641. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. ” - Kenneth H. Blanchard
642. “If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.” Tom Rath
643. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
644. · “Leadership is a combination
645. “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
646. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. ” ~ Beverly Sills
647. “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence, and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. ”
648. You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case
649. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.”
650. “Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead. ” - Pete Hoekstra
651. Leadership is an action, not a position
652. One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency
653. “What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”
654. Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. —Brian Tracy
655. There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. —Fuchan Yuan
656. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. ”
657. My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back. –Unknown
658. Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. —Woodrow Wilson
659. “The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” - Henry Kissinger
660. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” —Ray Kroc
661. “People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. ” –Michelle Obama
662. “You manage things; you lead people.” – Grace Murray Hopper, U.S. Navy rear admiral
663. “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go.
664. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders
665. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ” ~ Albert Schweitzer
666. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Warren Bennis
667. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
668. “Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.”
669. “A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.” Hans Finzel
670. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ~ John F. Kennedy
671. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” ~ Ralph Nader
672. “Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.” – Oscar Wilde, writer and poet
673. “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. ” –Jim Rohn
674. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” John C. Maxwell
675. “None of us is as smart as all of us. ”
676. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” Nancy D. Solomon
677. Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway. —Eleanor Roosevelt
678. Leadership is influence. —John C. Maxwell
679. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant
680. Control your own destiny or someone else will
681. The only safe ship in a storm is leadership
682. “Think little goals and expect little achievements. Thing big goals and win big success.” —David Joseph Schwartz
683. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy. ” ~ Henry Ford
684. “The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly.” Brian Tracy
685. "Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do, and let them surprise you with their results. - George Patton
686. “Earn your leadership every day.” Michael Jordan
687. “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
688. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. · 2. Where
689. “A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he
690. “Hire character. Train skill. ” —Peter Schutz, former president and CEO of Porsche
691. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must
692. “When people talk, listen completely.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
693. Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts
694. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.“
695. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground”.
696. “Knowing your value, speaking up, and not flying under the radar—this is what fearless leadership is about.”
697. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
698. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. —General George Patton
699. “Leaders don’t inflict pain, they share pain.” ~ Max Depree
700. Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control
701. Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position
702. “Stay connected to feel empathy, compassion, and understanding for yourself and others.” Vanessa Tucker
703. “The best leaders have a high consideration factor. They really care about their people” Brian Tracy
704. “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
705. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. ” - Jack Welch
706. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
707. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ” ~ Jim Rohn
708. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves
709. “To add value to others, one must first value others.” ~ John Maxwell
710. “Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
711. “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”
712. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
713. “Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” Brian Tracy
714. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd
715. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
716. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
717. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” Patrick Lencioni
718. “Earn your leadership every day.”
719. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus
720. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” John C. Maxwell
721. I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples
722. “Earn your leadership every day.” – Michael Jordan, former NBA basketball player
723. “Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness,
724. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” —Les Brown
725. “The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. ” - Kenneth H. Blanchard
726. "Anyone, anywhere can make a positive difference. - Mark Sanborn
727. “You are never too small to make a difference. ” —Greta Thunberg, environmental activist
728. Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it
729. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William Arthur Ward
730. “Emotional intelligence is the ability to use emotion to increase your own and others’ success. ”
731. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. —Norman Schwarzkopf
732. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” ~ Tony Blair
733. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
734. Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow
735. “Practice Golden Rule Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.” Brian Tracy
736. A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. —John Maxwell
737. “We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. ” —Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat
738. “A year from now you will wish you had started today. ” —Karen Lamb, author
739. “The things we fear most in organizations–fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances–are the primary sources of creativity.”
740. “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
741. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
742. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William Arthur Ward.
743. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey
744. To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult
745. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally
746. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
747. “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. ” ~ Chinese Proverb
748. “You manage things; you lead people. “
749. “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” ~ Theodore M. Hesburgh
750. “Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.” Reed Markham
751. “Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.” - Dianne Feinstein
752. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. —Thomas Jefferson
753. “Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in
754. Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. —John Zenger
755. “Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.”
756. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln
757. “The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.” Stewart Butterfield
758. “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor
759. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others
760. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. ”
761. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Tony Blair
762. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” Whoopi Goldberg
763. “I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than
764. “Great leaders do not desire to lead but to serve.” ~ Myles Munroe
765. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better. ” —Bill Bradley, American politician and former professional basketball player
766. “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ” —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady
767. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
768. “To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.” Pat Riley
769. “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
770. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill
771. “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note. ” ~ Doug Floyd
772. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” ~ Bill Gates
773. You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
774. “Sometimes leadership is planting trees under
775. “The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have. ”
776. “A leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes.”
777. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”
778. “A leader is a dealer in hope.”
779. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. —Max Lucado
780. “Some people want it to happen; some wish it would happen; others make it happen.” - Michael Jordan
781. “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. ”
782. "Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing. - Peter F. Drucker
783. “Trust, respect, inspire. ”
784. “People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – President Theodore Roosevelt
785. Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership
786. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway. ”
787. “Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership
788. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
789. “Leadership isn't about a title or a designation, it's about impact, influence, and inspiration. – Robin Sharma
790. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. ” ~ Charles Swindoll
791. “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. ” – Tom Peters
792. “Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are
793. “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” George Patton
794. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ” —Max Lucado, author and pastor
795. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things
796. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself,
797. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. ” ~ Albert Einstein
798. “Success starts with you. ”
799. “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”
800. “Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”
801. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart
802. “Good leaders think about the next generation and create legacies that last. ” - Simon Sinek
803. “A leader is a dealer in hope. ” ~ Napoleon
804. “You are never too small to make a difference. ”
805. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?” —Ayn Rand, author
806. Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better
807. 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
808. “The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.” Brian Tracy
809. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill
810. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them
811. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. ” —Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher
812. “A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.”
813. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. ” ~ Van Gogh
814. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ” ~ William Arthur Ward
815. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer
816. “Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”
817. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
818. “The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.” - Hesiod
819. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader
820. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
821. “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.”
822. Education is the mother of leadership. —Wendell Willkie
823. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. ” ~ Aristotle
824. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln
825. “Leadership is an action, not a position. ” —Donald McGannon, broadcasting executive