Quotes on Best Leader

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

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

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

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.

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

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

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 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.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

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

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.

The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The best leader follows the will of the people. All of the embody the virtue of non-competition. Not that they don't love to compete, but they do it in the spirit of play. In this they are like children and in harmony with the Tao.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.