Quotes on Leadership

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.

It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.

Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, _x000D_ _x000D_ a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

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.