A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
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.
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
Power isn't control at all--power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.