300+ Leadership Quotes – Quotes On Leadership To Inspire Your
Here is a collection of the best powerful leadership quotes to inspire you that can inspire and drive individuals. These quotes guide aspiring leaders in various aspects of life, be it business, sports, or personal development.
People use these powerful leadership quotes to gain perspective, learn from the wisdom of established leaders, and find the strength to overcome challenges. These best powerful leadership quotes encapsulate profound leadership principles in simple words, making them accessible to all who seek to lead effectively.
Best Powerful Leadership Quotes
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. – Peter F. Drucker
Teachers open the door but you must enter by yourself. – Chinese Proverb
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. -Mitch Hedberg
I apologize for the length of this letter; I didn’t have time to make it shorter. – Mark Twain
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. —Sir Winston Churchill
If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, “We did this ourselves. — Lao Tzu
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. —John C. Maxwell
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. – Douglas MacArthur
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. – Sheryl Sanberg
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. ― Napoleon Hill
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples. -Mother Teresa
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. – Warren Bennis
Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be. – Jack Welch
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. – Queen Elizabeth II
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
Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. – Ralph Marston
The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity… out of discord, harmony… and out of difficulty, opportunity. – Albert Einstein
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
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
— Dwight Eisenhower
Positive leadership is often interpreted as touchy-feely. But the evidence over the last 10 years is clear: if you implement it, performance and customer satisfaction go up. The duty of a leader is to create an organization where it is easy to practice kindness. – Kim Cameron
Restore connection’ is not just for devices, it is for people too. If we cannot disconnect, we cannot lead. -Arianna Huffington
Nothing will work unless you do. – Maya Angelou
A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them. –M.D. Arnold
Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role, always about the goal. – Anonymous
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. — James Humes
Leadership is about being of service to others, not being served by others. Be a mentor, not a boss — unknown.
You don’t lead by pointing and telling people someplace to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. – Ken Kesey
Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others. –John Maxwell
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already. – John Buchan
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean
Followers think and talk about their problems….Leaders think and talk about the solutions. – Brian Tracy
The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. – Kenneth H. Blanchard
Don’t find the fault, find the remedy. — HENRY FORD
Integrity Is The Most Valuable And Respected Quality Of Leadership. Always Keep Your Word.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say. – Stephen Covey
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. –Woodrow Wilson
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? —Benjamin Disraeli
Leaders establish trust with candor, transparency, and credit. — Jack Welch
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. – Jack Welch
A boss has the title, a leader has the people. – Simon Sinek
Where there is no vision, there is no hope. – George Washington Carver
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
-Steve Jobs
Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb
If you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled ‘subordinates,’ then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny. – Dee Hock
Leadership is getting someone else to do something you want to be done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plans are worthless but planning is everything.” This is most often attributed to Dwight Eisenhower, but he himself disclaimed credit and ascribed the words to an anonymous soldier. I find this both motivating and true – it’s incredibly important to make plans and set higher goals, but it’s equally important to understand that everything will change from your plan.
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
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers. —Robin S. Sharma
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. — John C. Maxwell
I define leadership as having three parts: first is seeing what needs to be done to make things better or seeing a problem that needs fixing; second is having the vision, the skill, and the wherewithal to change the system; and third is the most important task of mobilizing the energy of others to organize and act in ways to achieve that vision. – Susan J. Herman
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor but without folly. – Jim Rohn
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better. – Bill Bradley
It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right. ― Mark Hunter
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. -Maya Angelou
Leadership is an action, not a position. – Donald McGannon
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understand the problems of running a country. – Margaret Thatcher
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. – Madonna
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles, but today it means getting along with people. – Mahatma Gandhi
You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. – Denis Waitley
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The first rule of leadership: everything is your fault. — Hopper
You choose how you show up to work: will you give it your best or just occupy space? This is also a choice for your team. Everyone is a volunteer. When you realize that, every person on your team becomes a gift. Your work as a leader shifts from force to the invitation, from control to influence, from fear to gratitude. – David Dye
I decided I can’t pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it. -Serena Williams
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. –Zig Ziglar
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. – Ray Kroc
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team, to be solution-focused and not problem-focused. — Unknown
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. – Ronald Reagan
Leadership is seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations. ~ John Maxwell
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants to be done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. – Theodore Roosevelt
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~ Vince Lombardi
Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen. – Dave Weinbaum
One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. — JIM ROHN
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie
Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. – Margaret Thatcher
A leader is a dealer in hope. —Napoleon Bonapart
I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. — Elon Musk
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. – Orison Swett Marden
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. – Martin Luther King Jr
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. – Andrew Carnegie
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. — George Knelle
The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader. – Albert Einstein
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work. –Oprah Winfrey
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. —Aristotle
Contrary to the opinion of many people, leaders are not born. Leaders are made, and they are made by effort and hard work. — Vince Lombardi
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and inactions. —Harold S. Geneen
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. —Theodore Roosevelt
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. – Jack Welch
Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. – Tom Peters
One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment. – Robert E. Quinn
Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission. ― Zig Ziglar
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. -Henry Ford
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have the vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. – Father Theodore M. Hesburgh
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. – Harry S. Truman
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do. – Mother Teresa
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. – Vince Lombardi
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. —General Montgomery
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. – Mae West
Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess. – Richard Branson
Everyone has a plan: until they get punched in the face. — Mike Tyson
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. — Robert Half
I have learned that people are more motivated by what they can give than by what they can get. Yet for years we have engaged people the other way around. – Jeremy Scrivens
Attract what you expect, reflect what you desire. Become what you respect, mirror what you admire. – Anonymous
Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. — Charles Swindoll
A boss creates fear, leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. — Russel Ewing
Too many kings can ruin an army. – Homer
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. – John Maxwell
He who has great power should use it lightly. – Seneca
There is little success where there is little laughter. ~ Andrew Carnegie
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. — J.PAUL GETTY
Leaders Set High Standards. Refuse To Tolerate Mediocrity Or Poor Performance
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. – Dianne Feinstein
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. —Peter Drucker
People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together. — Michelle Obama
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
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! – Andrew Carnegie
The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special. –Bill Taylor
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. – Colin Powell
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. – Warren Bennis
If you want to build a boat, do not instruct the men to saw wood, stitch the sails, prepare the tools and organize the work, but make them long for setting sail and travel to distant lands. – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The only place Success comes before Work is in the dictionary. –Vince Lombardi
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton
A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, ” I must follow them. I am their leader. — A Lawrence Lowell
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. —Roy E. Disney
Leadership is no longer about your position.
It’s now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference
You can lead without a title. – Robin Sharma
Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients. – Richard Branson
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ― William James
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. -Oprah Winfrey
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. – Tony Blair
Focus your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little life for yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. – Barack Obama
As we look ahead into the 21st century, leaders will be those who empower others. – Bill Gates
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. – Oprah Winfrey
The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance. – Brian Tracy
Earn your leadership every day. – Michael Jordan
A goal without a plan is just a wish. — Larry Elder
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better. — Steve Jobs
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. — Sloan Wilson
If anything’s relevant to your effectiveness: it is your body. It not only determines how convincing or trustworthy you seem to others but also how you feel and how much energy you’ve got left at the end of the day. – Steve Sisgold
Finally, I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong. -Wangari Maathai
Earn your leadership every day. – Michael Jordan
Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours shine brighter. – Anonymous
Do what is right, not what is easy. – Anonymous
A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see. — Leroy Eimes
Strong people don’t put others down, they lift them up .— Michael P Watson
The position doesn’t make anybody a leader. Being in charge doesn’t make the wrong person right. – Tim Berry
If you arent making any mistakes, it’s a sure sign you’re playing it too safe. – John Maxwell
To lead people, walk beside them … As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate … When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves! – Lao-Tsu
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. ~ Albert Einstein
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. — THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Clarity Is The Key To Effective Leadership. What Are Your Goals?
An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. – Jack Welch
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. —Kurt Vonnegut
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult. – Warren Bennis
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. – Andrew Carnegie
Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals. –Unknown
I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. –Benjamin Franklin
The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. – Eric Hoffer
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. – Max Lucado
When you are branding, you are branding.
When you are not branding, you are still branding. –
Kevin Huhn
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
To lead, one must follow. — Lao Tzu
Leadership is a choice, not a position. —Stephen Covey
Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine. – Lance Secretan
The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says let’s GO! – Harry Gordon Selfridge
A leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding the potential in people and processes. – Brené Brow
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up. ― Babe Ruth
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt
The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. – George Orwell
I began a revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. – Fidel Castro
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson
I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist. – Ginni Rometty
The most dangerous leadership myth is 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. —Warren Bennis
Champions keep playing until they get it right. – Billie Jean King
All leaders are readers. – Jim Rohn
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. — Booker T
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for long.
— Boris Yeltsin
The quality of results achieved by any system depends on the quality of awareness from which people in the system operate. – Otto Scharmer
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. -Margaret Wheatley
It takes bravery to lead people, but the will to learn from others to succeed in it. –Ellie Hubbard
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy
Control your own destiny or someone else will. — Jack Welch
Leadership is not wielding authority — it’s empowering people. — Becky Brodin
You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together, we can do great things. – Mother Teresa
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. – John Maxwell
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. – Isaac Newton
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~ William Arthur Ward
Leaders grasp nettles. — DAVID OGILVY
The Best Leaders Have A High Consideration Factor. They Really Care About Their People.
It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates
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. – Tom Landry
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. —Andre Malraux
Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees the tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.” — Bill Gates
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. – Andrew Carnegie
Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. — Howard Schultz
Leaders conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts. – John Gardner
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone. – Harry Truman
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing. —Benjamin Franklin
A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self-promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity. – Mollie Marti
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfill nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises and is already on the road to perdition. – Carl Jung
People trust people more than they trust institutions. ― Joe Chernov
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa
Never give an order that can’t be obeyed. – General Douglas MacArthur
Great leaders harness personal courage, capture the hearts and minds of others and empower new leaders to make the world a better place. – Maxine Driscoll
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
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. – Indira Gandhi
Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream. – Peter McWilliams
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan but also believe. — Anatole France
Power isn’t control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength
to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him
stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that
they may have the strength to stand on their own. — Beth Revis
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig. — George Bernard Shaw
Wholehearted people cultivate courage, compassion, and connection. They wake up knowing: I am enough. They go to bed thinking: I’m imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m brave and worthy of love and belonging. – Brene Brown
We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. –Beyoncé
An example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer
The x-factor of great leadership is not personality, it’s humility. – Jim Collins
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult. — Friedrich Nietzsche
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow too. — Sam Rayburn
Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. – Albert Einstein
If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone. ~John Maxwell
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need. – Mike Krzyzewski
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. ~ Jamie Paolinetti
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone, And acting, accept everything alone. — FERDINAND MARCOS
The Effective Leader Recognizes That They Are More Dependent On Their People Than They Are On Them. Walk Softly.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. – Woodrow Wilson
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. —RALPH NADER
Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine. — CHRIS HADFIELD
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. – Andrew Carnegie
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. -John Maxwell
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. — Donald Trump
The ability to summon positive emotions during periods of intense
stress lies at the heart of effective leadership. – Jim Loehr
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. – George S. Patton
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. —Harvey Firestone
There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity, and courage. – Fuchan Yuan
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like. ― Soichiro Honda
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them. – Winston Churchill
Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela
Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great. – Cher
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. —Woodrow Wilson
It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction. – Warren Buffett
the leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs. – Robert Townsend
Managing to have a sense of humor makes it a lot easier to manage people. — Steve Wilson
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
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — BILL GATES
Reorganization to me is moving boxes around. Transformation means fundamentally changing the way the organization thinks, the way it responds, the way it leads. – Lou Gerstner
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. –Anais Nin
Leaders never stop learning. – Christine Caine
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. — Stephen Covey
Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. — Dee Hock
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. – ABRAHAM LINCOLN
To build trust, a leader must exhibit competence, connection, and character. – John Maxwell
As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow. – Himanshu Bhatia
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. ~ Ancient Indian Proverb
Strong convictions precede great actions. — JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE
Leaders Never Use The Word Failure. They Look Upon Setbacks As Learning Experiences.
Do you have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. – Winston Churchill
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
People have to trust you. You have to build in trust for people. — Jack Welch
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. – Andrew Carnegie
Everyone has an idea, but it’s really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea. – Jack Dorsey
I’m sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st-century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backward to the familiar territory of command and control. – Margaret Wheatley
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it. —Margaret Thatcher
Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and, least of all, pandering to the mob. It means an obvious and wholehearted commitment to helping followers. We are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders we love, and of tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them. What we need for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders, gain authority by giving it away. – James B. Stockdale
Dollars have never been known to produce character, and character will never be produced by money. I’ll invest my money in people. ― W.K. Kellogg
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan
Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity. – Reed Markham
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson
You can’t lead anyone if you can’t lead yourself! – Maxine Driscoll
I raise up my voice — not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. – Malala Yousafzai
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or conclude you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. —Colin Powell
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. – James Allen
Leadership is about creating, day by day, a domain in which we and those around us continually deepen our understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. This, then, is the deeper
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. — Bill Cosby
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered
a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t. — Dee Dee Myers
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. — Henry Ford
Parents may want to initiate positive change in their families, like the kids take more responsibility for chores in the house. That can be a tough change issue. If you know how to do this, you can change IBM. – Terrence Seamon
A woman is like a teabag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. –Eleanor Roosevelt
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. — Stephen King
A manager says “go”, a leader says “let’s go”. — John Maxwell
The more serious you take your growth, the more serious your people will take you. – John Maxwell
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
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. ~ Sheryl Sandberg
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power. — MAJOR OWENS
Practice Golden Rule Management In Everything You Do. Manage Others The Way You Would Like To Be Managed.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. —Napoleon Bonaparte
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. — NELSON MANDELA
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. – Andrew Carnegie
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. — Muhammad Ali
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. – Arnold Glasow
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others. – Colin Powell
Leaders grow; they are not made. – Peter Drucker
Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers. ― Simon Sinek
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey
You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message. What I have learned is that people become motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power and when you make heroes out of employees who personify what you want to see in the organization. – Anita Roddick
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. – Maya Angelou
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. – Bono
Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. —Erskine Bowles
The distance between number one and number two is always constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. – Indra Nooyi
True leadership lies in guiding others to success, in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. – Bill Owens
If you always blame others for your mistakes, you will never improve. — Joy Gumz
The change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. — Michael Jordan
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. — Donald Rumsfeld
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
— Warren Buffet
Most of us were taught that it’s selfish to pursue what we love. Thus, we set aside what makes us different and unique. While when we offer our unique contribution, we are at our best and we can make a difference. Withholding who we are becomes the selfish act! – Peggy Holman
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. –Ida B. Wells
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. — Amelia Earhart
If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you delegate authority, you create leaders.
When people talk, listen completely. – Ernest Hemingway
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~ Joshua J. Marine
When placed in command take charge — NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
Superior Leaders Are Willing To Admit A Mistake And Cut Their Losses. Be Willing To Admit That You’ve Changed Your Mind. Don’t Persist When The Original Decision Turns Out To Be A Poor One.
If ‘leadership’ has come to be known as something much bigger than us, aligned to changing the world, then we are spending way too much time celebrating things that hardly anyone can do and not celebrating things we can do every day. – Drew Dudley
So much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work. —Peter Drucker
Become the kind of leader that other people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position. — Brian Tracy
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