Leadership Quotes
♦ If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right - Henry Ford
♦ A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus - Martin Luther King, Jr.
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership - Colin Powell
♦ Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected - Steve Jobs
♦ Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them - W. Clement Stone
♦ Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes - Peter Drucker
♦ Don't find fault, find a remedy - Henry Ford
♦ A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason - J. P. Morgan
♦ Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out - Stephen Covey
♦ I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people - Mahatma Gandhi
♦ Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it - Dwight D. Eisenhower
♦ Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things - Peter Drucker
♦ Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great - John D. Rockefeller
♦ Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower - Steve Jobs
♦ A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd - Max Lucado
♦ Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion - Jim Rohn
♦ A leader is a dealer in hope - Napoleon Bonaparte
♦ Leadership, leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses - Mitt Romney
♦ He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious - Sun Tzu
♦ High expectations are the key to everything - Sam Walton
♦ Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people - John D. Rockefeller
♦ Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself - Henry Ward Beecher
♦ When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves – Lao Tzu