Quotes on Inspiring Leader

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.