Quotes About Leadership

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.

We had the opposition of virtually the entire Democratic leadership in every state in this country.

Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.

Dedicate yourself to a core set of values. Without them, you will never be able to find personal fulfillment, and you will never be able to lead effectively.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder.

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Leadership can't be forced or contrived. It has to be your personality.

Find the right people, not the best people.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.