Quotes on Being A Leader

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

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

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.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

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.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs _x000D_ _x000D_ of those who would be affected by it

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.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

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

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

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

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Earn your leadership every day.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.