Quotes on Successful Leaders

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.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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.

You can't be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can't serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can't step out of your comfort zone unless you have character and keep your word.

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.

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in life are better than seeing people realize their potential. If you invest in people by helping individuals improve themselves, showing them the way to their “right place”, they will never be the same again. And neither will you. It is impossible to help others without helping yourself.

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'

The successful leader must be willing_x000D_ to assume responsibility for the mistakes_x000D_ and the shortcomings of his followers.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

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