Quotes on True Leadership

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.

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

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.

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.