Quotes About Leadership

It is an eternal truth that men receive more pay for their ABILITY TO GET OTHERS TO PERFORM, than they could possibly earn by their own efforts.

History is filled with evidences that Leadership by Force cannot endure. The downfall and disappearance of "Dictators" and kings is significant. It means that people will not follow forced leadership indefinitely.

If you don't believe in yourself, how can you ask others to do so?

DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity.

YOU ARE "THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SOUL

Many a man who never knows the real source of his success is made by his wife, through application of the "Master Mind" principle. Mrs. Ford is a most remarkably intelligent woman, and this author has reason to believe that it was her mind, blended with Mr. Ford's, which gave him his first real start toward power.

Without this ability no leader can be powerful, and without power no leader can long endure.

You will never have a definite purpose in life, you will never have self-confidence, you will never have initiative and leadership unless you first create these qualities in your imagination and see yourself in possession of them.

The world does not pay men for that which they know. It pays them for what they DO, or induce others to do.

When you get yourself under complete control, you can be your own boss.

The competent leader requires no title to give him the respect of his followers. The man who makes too much over his title generally has little else to emphasize.

we are the Masters of our Fate, the Captains of our Souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a WINNER.

The author discovered, through personally analyzing hundreds of successful men, that all of them followed the habit of exchanging ideas, through what is commonly called conferences. When they had problems to be solved they sat down together and talked freely until they discovered, from their joint contribution of ideas, a plan that would serve their purpose.

If you really are smarter than others, show them with your actions.

Form the habit of going the extra mile, giving service that is not expected, for this attracts friends, clients, and supporters in many ways

Those who reach DECISIONS promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it. The leaders in every walk of life DECIDE quickly, and firmly. That is the major reason why they are leaders. The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.

The climb upward will be easier if you take others along with you.

EVERYONE IS SELLING ALL THE TIME The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable skill you can learn.

Do your job precisely as if you were your own boss, and sooner or later you will be.

Men who can do things are discovered. They need not push themselves to the front. Good men are scarce, and the great successful business men of today are the ones who know how to do the work that they are hiring employees to do. Talent in this direction will surely attract the attention of your superiors.

The man who can follow a leader most efficiently, is usually the man who develops into leadership most rapidly. An intelligent follower has many advantages, among them the opportunity to acquire knowledge from his leader. The

The men who have accumulated great fortunes and achieved outstanding recognition in literature, art, industry, architecture, and the professions, were motivated by the influence of a woman.