LEADERSHIP QUOTES IV

quotations about leadership

If the experience of leadership is like being at the edge of an unfamiliar chasm, the act of leadership is building a bridge across that chasm.

KEVIN CASHMAN

Leadership from the Inside Out


A leader is a dealer in hope.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

attributed, And I Quote

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

JOHN C. MAXWELL

The Power of Leadership


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.

SHERI L. DEW

Saying It Like It Is


He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

ARISTOTLE

Politics

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The man fit to command may be compared with the architect, who adjusts the plan and directs its execution. His skill must extend to every part of the work; that of his workmen is limited by their respective tasks.

ARISTOTLE

Politics

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Leadership is a matter of performance not position. The person who sets a good example in your office is a leader. So is the father who proudly watches his daughter sell Girl Scout cookies in their neighborhood, and the teenager who holds the door open for you in the grocery store, even though his friends are snickering in the background. The best leaders help you move from where you are to where you need to be. Most important, they realize and cultivate the potential in others to be a positive influence regardless of their position.

RANDY PENNINGTON

"Leadership Choices for a Positive Future", Huffington Post, April 26, 2016


If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.

BILL MAULDIN

The Brass Ring


And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

BIBLE

Matthew 15:14

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If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.

KEN BLANCHARD

Leading at a Higher Level


Leadership is caring for the most vulnerable.

ELIZABETH CARDNO

"Leadership is caring for the most vulnerable", The Hamilton Spectator, April 26, 2016


The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

WALTER LIPPMANN

The Essential Lippmann

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Leadership is the outward expression of our inner character.

DICK ABEL

The DNA of Leadership


No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

ANDREW CARNEGIE

attributed, Managing Software Development Projects: Formula for Success


When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.

BRIAN HERBERT & KEVEN J. ANDERSON

Dune: House Corrino


Leadership is taken, not given.

LOUISE STERLING & SUE DAVIDOFF

The Courage to Lead


What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

LORD MELBOURNE

attributed, Lord M.


The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

KEN BLANCHARD

Leading at a Higher Level


Because our desire for a coherent vision of the world is bottomless, our hunger for leadership is insatiable, too. Leaders make the world more sensible, but never sensible enough.

JOSHUA ROTHMAN

"Shut Up and Sit Down", The New Yorker, February 29, 2016


Leadership is not the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. When the leader in everyone is liberated extraordinary things happen.

JAMES M. KOUZES & BARRY Z. POSNER

The Leadership Challenge