Quotes About Leadership

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.

The soft stuff is always harder than the hard stuff.

Most people are sheep, and they need the support of others.

Topcats often begin as underdogs.

I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks.

The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.

Today, more than ever, we need political leaders who can see the big picture, who understand the relationship between the economy and its environmental support systems.

The Chinese government thinks China and the U.S. should develop a constructive relationship of cooperation.

I don't have bad relationships with my players. But I don't get into long conversations with them either.

I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

Even Jesus had trouble with 12 guys.

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.

After 30 years in Brussels, I can tell you: The relationship between the Commission and the Parliament has probably never been as good as it is now.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Headship is not rulership; it is leadership.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.

I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry.

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it.