“A bad servant will not make a good master.”
“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame., a little less than his share of the credit.”
“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it. I am not going to be silent.”
“Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.”
“Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.”
“Leadership is a way of thinking a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.”
“Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, I’m your leader. If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you.”
“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting alone with people.”
“My own definition of leadership is this : The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.”
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
“A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”
“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, It is amazing what they can accomplish.”
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”
“Success isn’t about how much money you make; It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that get the people to do the greatest things.”
“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.”
“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
“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.”
“True leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed. Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.”
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for we are the change that we seek.”
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion you can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.”
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
“When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.”
“The most dangerous leadership myth that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. that’s nonsense; in fact the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
“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.”
“Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.”
“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.”
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked, leadership is defined by results, not attributes.”
“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.”
“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“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.”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.”
“A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.”
“A leader has been defined as one who knows the way , goes the way and shows the way.”
You can’t teach leadership, but it can be learned.
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
To add value to others, one must first value others.
Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
You manage things; you lead people.
A good leader leads the people from above them.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
If you’re not sure where you are going, you’re liable to end up someplace else.
Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily, even if you had no title or position.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.
There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.
When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.
Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for.
A leader takes people where they want to go.
The leader adjusts the sails.
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone
If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
There are no office hours for leaders.
The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone’s following you.
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
You don’t need a title to be a leader.
Education is the mother of leadership.
You are never too small to make a difference.
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
The test of leadership is, is anything or anyone better because of you?
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey.