Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

leadership

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

You're only as good as the people you hire.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

What helps people, helps business.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

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

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

Example is leadership.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Education is the mother of leadership.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Go as far as you can see when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

Leaders grasp nettles.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

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

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

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.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.