Leadership Quotes

Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of “communityship.

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.

The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.

Every generation of children offers mankind the possibility of rebuilding his ruin of a world.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Future leaders will be less concerned with saying what they will deliver and more concerned with delivering what they have said they would.

Popularity is not leadership.

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

Leadership produces change. That is its primary function

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.

The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do it.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn't go to hell if you take a day off.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.