Leadership Quotes - Page 40

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

The care leadership strategy is simple: be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Talking about personal mastery may open people's minds somewhat, but actions always speak louder than words. There is nothing more powerful you can do to encourage others in their quest for personal mastery than to be serious in your own quest.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

There is no such thing as a perfect leader either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inserting scallions into its nose in an effort to look like an elephant.

Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.

Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.

The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.

Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.