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Leadership Quotes
October 13th, 2008
- A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.
- A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
- A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred and we must come back and settle the account at last.
- A good leader is a guy who can step on your toes without messing up your shine.
- A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
- A great leader comes along about once in a generation and great problems come along about three times a week.
- A great man is always willing to be little.
- A leader develops people ADDS – a leader who leaders, MULTIPLES!
- A leader is a dealer in hope.
- A leader is a person with a magnet in his heart and a compass in his head.
- A leader is anyone who has two characteristics: first, he is going somewhere; second, he is able to persuade other people to go with him.
- A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
- A leader must be able to concentrate under difficult conditions – to keep his head when all about him are losing theirs.
- A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
- A leader’s success is largely determined by the ability to motivate others.
- A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, strong enough to correct them.
- A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action.
- A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
- A person that is successful has simply formed the habit of doing things that unsuccessful people will not do.
- A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.
- A ship in a harbor is safe but that is not what ships were built for.
- A wise leader inspires and motivates, rather than intimidating and manipulating.
- A wise leader resolves conflict peaceably not forcibly.
- Ability may get you to the top – but it takes character to keep you there.
- Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
- All glory comes from a daring to begin.
- All great leaders have one common spiritual gift – faith.
- All leaders will pay a price to carry out their calling.
- An important question for leaders: “Am I building people, or building my dream and using people to do it?”
- As a rule…. He (or she) who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.
- Asking “who ought to be the boss” is like asking “who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?” Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
- Attitude will make or break a leader.
- Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
- Be the most enthusiastic person you know.
- Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
- Character is power.
- Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
- Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure…make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.
- Do not be afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.
- Don’t spend a $1.00 worth of time on a $.10 decision.
- Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
- Eagles don’t flock – you have to find them one at a time.
- Even eagles need a push.
- Example is the main thing in influencing others – it’s the only thing.
- Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up, accepting your failure, refusing to try again does!
- Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
- Failure can be divided into those who thought and never did and into those who did and never thought.
- Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.
- Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
- Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
- He that cannot obey cannot command.
- He who never walks except where he sees other men’s tracks will make no discoveries.
- He who stays in the valley shall never go over the hill.
- Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself.
- How do you recognize a leader? His people consistently turn in superior performances.
- I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
- I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
- I studied famous men and women: they got to the top because they did the job in hand with everything they had.
- I will have no man for me who has not the capacity to become a partner.
- IBM’s Tom Watson was asked if he was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost IBM $600,000. He said, “No, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?”
- If you lay down with dogs, you’ll pick up fleas.
- If you see a snake, just kill it. Don’t appoint a committee on snakes.
- If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
- In the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves…self-discipline with all of them came first.
- In times like these it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.
- It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
- It is wonderful when the people believe in their leader: but it is more wonderful when the leader believes in the people.
- It isn’t the people you fire who make life miserable, it’s the people you don’t.
- It’s OK to lend a helping hand – the challenge is getting people to let go of it.
- Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
- Leaders get out in front and stay by raising the standards by which they judge themselves – and by which they are willing to be judged.
- Leaders impress others when leaders succeed; leaders impact others when followers succeed.
- Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
- Leaders walk the talk.
- Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise. Not the ones who promise more than they can deliver.
- Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.
- Leadership development is a life-time journey – not a brief trip.
- Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.
- Leadership is a privilege, and with privilege comes responsibility.
- Leadership is both something you are and something you do.
- Leadership is developed not discovered.
- Leadership is influence.
- Leadership is not a right – it’s a responsibility.
- Leadership is not wielding authority – it’s empowering people.
- Leadership is seldom official.
- Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
- Leadership is the transference of vision.
- Leadership means not having to be completely in harmony with everyone else.
- Leadership only functions on the basis of trust.
- Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
- Learn to say “no” to the good so you can say “yes” to the best.
- Love and respect do not automatically accompany a position of leadership. They must be earned.
- Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don’t know how to quit.
- My greatest concern is not whether you have failed but whether you are content with your failure.
- Nearly all men stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
- Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- Ninety-five percent of achieving anything is knowing what you want and paying the price to get it.
- No man will make a great leader who wants to do it himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
- No matter what size the bottle, the cream always came to the top.
- Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they determined to be so.
- Nothing is more common than unfulfilled potential.
- Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
- One of the burdens of leadership is to be unpopular when necessary.
- One of the greatest gifts leaders can give others is hope.
- One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
- Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers not their minds.
- Pay now, play later; play now, pay later.
- People are like rubber bands: they must be stretched to be effective.
- People buy into the leader before they but into the vision.
- People do not follow programs, but leaders who inspire them.
- People support what they help create.
- People tend to stay motivated when they see the value to them of the things they are asked to do.
- Present choices determines future consequences.
- Proper prior planning prevents pitifully poor performance.
- Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
- Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
- Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure.
- Some people change jobs, mates and friends, but never think of changing themselves.
- Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one twice.
- Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.
- The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
- The boss depends on authority – the leader depends on good will.
- The boss says “go” – the leader says “let’s go”.
- The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other people the convictions and the will to carry on.
- The first rule of winning: Don’t beat yourself.
- The highest compliment leaders can receive is the one that is given by the people who work for them.
- The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
- The leader who sells principles for popularity will soon become bankrupt.
- The man who follows the crowd will never be followed by a crowd.
- The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best co-ordinate the brains and talents of his associates.
- The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.
- The most important thing about having goals is having one.
- The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision.
- The only person that can stop you from becoming what God intends for your life is YOU!
- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
- The question is not “how much does this person work” but “how much does this person accomplish?”
- The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
- The successful leader is the one who makes the right move at the right moment with the right motive.
- The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.
- The will to succeed is important, but what’s more important the will to prepare.
- There are no victories at bargain prices.
- There are two quick ways to disaster: taking nobody’s advice and taking everyone’s advice.
- There is great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.
- There is no success without s successor.
- There’s no gain without pain.
- Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
- To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing.
- To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others use your heart.
- To lead others to do right is wonderful. To do right and lead them is wonderful…and harder.
- To lead people walk behind them.
- Today a reader – tomorrow a leader.
- Too many people in leadership positions prepare to answer questions that nobody is asking.
- True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.
- Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
- We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
- We see things not as they are, but as we are.
- We teach what we know; we reproduce what we are.
- When rejecting the ideas of another, make sure you reject only the idea and not the person.
- When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people’s excuses for failure.
- When you’re though improving, you’re though.
- Words show a man’s wit, but action shows his meaning.
- You are the same today that you are going to be in fives years from now except: the people with you associate and the books you read.
- You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.
- You can not push anyone the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.
- You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.
- You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
- You cannot lead anyone else farther than you have been able to go yourself.
- You manage thing; you lead people.
- You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.
- You never conquer a mountain. Mountains can’t be conquered; you conquer yourself – your hopes, your fears.
- You will MAXimize your potential when you are willing to give up at any moment all that you are to receive all that you can become.
- You will never be a leader unless you first learn to follow and be led.
- You’re only as good as the people you hire.