Quotes About Followership

Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader-the common purpose.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow.

I believe that only a subset of us is meant to lead. The rest want to follow.

the man who cannot follow a leader intelligently, cannot become an efficient leader.

Broadly speaking, there are two types of people in the world. One type is known as leaders, and the other as followers. Decide at the outset whether you intend to become a leader in your chosen calling, or remain a follower. The difference in compensation is vast. The follower cannot reasonably expect the compensation to which a leader is entitled, although many followers make the mistake of expecting such pay.

The man who can follow a leader most efficiently, is usually the man who develops into leadership most rapidly. An intelligent follower has many advantages, among them the opportunity to acquire knowledge from his leader. The

Alexander said that it was preferable to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.

we are made to follow leaders who can gather people together because the advantages of being in groups trump the disadvantages of being alone. It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. Those who have followed the assertive idiot rather than the introspective wise person have passed us some of their genes. This is apparent from a social pathology: psychopaths rally followers. Once

But the problem is the one-eyed following the blind:

You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.

Where the king goes, the realm follows -Catlyn Stark-

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

To lead is difficult when you're a follower of fear.

To lead is difficult when you're a follower of fear.

True leadership only exists if people follow when they would otherwise have the freedom to not follow

A true leader invokes the desire to follow in those being led.

Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the old spirit or the old courage.

If you think you're a leader, and you look over your shoulder and there ain't nobody following you, man, you're just takin' a walk.

NED: Nobody ever listens. We're not exactly a bunch that knows how to play follow the leader. EMMA: Maybe they're just waiting for somebody to lead them. NED: We are. What group isn't?

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

If you follow someone who's universally viewed as having impeccable character and strong integrity, then you're likely to be viewed the same. If you willingly follow someone who's considered dishonest and unethical, your own image is tarnished.

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.