Leadership quotes page 2

Courage, endurance, fearlessness and above all self-sacrifice are the qualities of our
leaders.
Mahatma Gandhi

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
John C. Maxwell

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Eleanor Roosevelt

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for
all the IKEA employees.
Ingvar Kamprad

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men - the other 999 follow women.
Groucho Marx

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by
results not attributes.
Peter F. Drucker

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.
Robert Frost

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their
ingenuity.
George S. Patton

As a leader you may imagine that constant diligence, and the appearance of working harder
than anyone else, signify power. Actually, though, they have the opposite effect: They imply
weakness. Why are you working so hard? Perhaps you are incompetent, and have to put in
extra effort just to keep up; perhaps you are one of those people who does not know how to
delegate, and has to meddle in everything. The truly powerful, on the other hand, seem
never to be in a hurry or overburdened. While others work their fingers to their bone, they
take their leisure.
Robert Greene

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. When it
comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
George Orwell

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an
emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow

A leader who keeps his ear to the ground allows his rear end to become a target.
Angie Papadakis

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a
sheep.
Talleyrand

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four
guys who haven't made up their minds.
Charles Stengel

First-rate men hire first-rate men; second-rate men hire third-rate men.
Leo Rosten

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

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more
followers.
Ralph Nader

If you cry "Forward", you must make plain in what direction to go.
Anton Chekov

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and
doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Colin Powell

The art of communication is the language of leadership.
James Humes

One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.
Dennis A. Peer

People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
H. Ross Perot

Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
Lewis Grizzard

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

What makes a good follower? The single most important characteristic may well be a
willingness to tell the truth. In a world of growing complexity leaders are increasingly
dependant on their subordinates for good information, whether the leaders want to hear it or
not. Followers who tell the truth and leaders who listen to it are an unbeatable combination.
Warren G. Bennis

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

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