Leadership Quotes

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

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

Leadership is influence.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

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

Strong convictions precede great actions.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.