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
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. — Mother Teresa
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before. — Nelson Mandela
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't want to go but ought to be.
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell
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. — Bernard Law Montgomery
The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. — Peter Drucker
Great leaders don't tell you what yo do, they show you how its done
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader. — Indra Nooyi
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal. — Patrick Lencioni
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great. — Billie Jean King
Inspiring Leadership Quotes
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. — Steve Jobs
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
If life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody who's life gives them vodka, and have a party. — Ron White
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.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
Great leaders are willing to follow. Leadership is a dance, not a parade.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. — Aristotle
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James A. Baldwin
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. — John C. Maxwell
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front. — Nelson Mandela
Outstanding Leaders Quotes
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
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. — Theodore Roosevelt
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. — Guy Browning
A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within them.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk. — Benjamin Hooks
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust. — Klaus Balkenhol
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. — John Peter Zenger
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness. — Omar N. Bradley
Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome. — John P. Kotter
To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately. — Russell L. Ackoff
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists. — Witter Bynner
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'. — Tom Peters
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. — Solon
In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. — Harry S. Truman
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night. — Erin McCarthy
History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow. — Chuck Hagel
More Leadership By Great Leaders Quotes
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness. — Omar N. Bradley
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant. — Zig Ziglar
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. — Solon
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better. — Steve Jobs
Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental. — Bill Hybels
Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others. — Lao Tzu
Servant-leadership is more than a concept, it is a fact. Any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will see herself or himself as a servant of that group and will act accordingly. — M. Scott Peck
The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO. — Carl Icahn
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success — Stephen Covey
Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point. — Daniel Goleman
In times of change, learners inherit the earth — Erich Fromm
To lead people, walk behind them. — Lao Tzu
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. — Aristotle
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow — Vince Lombardi
People imitate their leader. Lead by example. — Barbara Corcoran
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
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small. — Edmund Spenser
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. — Woodrow Wilson
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy. — Seneca
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. — Warren G. Bennis
The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts upon expediency; the other acts on enduring principles and for the immortality. — Edmund Burke
I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor. — James C. Collins
He who has great power should use it lightly. — Seneca
Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos. — Charles M. Blow
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers. — Garry Wills
Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. — Oscar Wilde
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. ... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership. — Garry Wills
A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims) — John C. Maxwell
It's almost impossible to overpay the truly extraordinary CEO... but the species is rare. — Warren Buffett
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