Leadership Quotes

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians.

Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership; and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests.

I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to.

I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind.

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course.

The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.