Quotes About Leadership

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness

Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

Leaders grow; they are not made.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell

Leadership: Lions led by donkeys.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

Leadership is action, not position

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Godly leadership is not about attaining recognition or glory; it's about serving others.

It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.