Leadership Quotes

To lead people walk behind them.

LaoTzu

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

LaoTzu

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

LaoTzu

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

Martin McGuinness

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

Andy Hertzfeld

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

Eric Hoffer

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Booker T. Washington

A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.

John Milton

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

William Pollard

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

Nolan Bushnell

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Warren Bennis

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

Warren Bennis

What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.

Henry Ward Beecher

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Henry Ward Beecher

You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothing's going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress.

Steve Wynn

Leadership is action, not position.

Donald H. Mcgannon

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

Bob Riley

My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.

Mitt Romney

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Jim Rohn