Leadership Quotes

• "The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."
• "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."
• "The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
• "The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."
• "The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."
• "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."
• "The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
• "A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune."
• "I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."
• "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
• "One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
• "Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy."
• "A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done."
• "Management is nothing more than motivating other people."
• "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."
• "The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."
• "A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten."
• "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."
• "Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."
• "Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it."