Leadership Quotes and Sayings
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
“Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob” – Oscar Wilde
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn
“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” – Colin Powell
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.” – Lao Tzu
“I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.” – George W. Bush
“If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The true leader is always led” – Carl Gustav Jung
“The best example of leadership, is leadership by example.” – Jerry McClain
“The real leader has no need to lead – he is content to point the way.” – Henry Miller
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.” – Lawrence M. Miller
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!” – Lao-tsu
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” – Sandra Carey
