Quotes About Leadership

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

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.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system's weaknesses irrelevant.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group of people successfully.

Leaders are those who empower others.

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

Good leaders must first become good servants.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say