Leadership Quotes

Leadership does not depend on being right.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.

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

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

High expectations are the key to everything.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

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

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

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

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

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

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