Quotes About Influence

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.

Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves

If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

God may not allow you to touch thousands but He may allow you to touch one who will touch thousands.

Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

The true leader is always led.

A good leader makes a good follower.

A low morality will not sustain leadership long, its influence quickly vanishes, it cannot produce its own succession.

Whether you have a leadership title or not, you have the potential to either lead your organization beyond all expectations or inhibit its growth through entropy.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

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

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.

Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are.

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