Leader Quotes - Page 3

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others; and he who walks far ahead of his contemporaries is a leader, even though centuries pass before he is recognized as such.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.

First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be

If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.

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

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.