Quotes About Leadership

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.

A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

Building a cohesive leadership team is the first critical step that an organization must take if it is to have the best chance at success.

The journey of true success and lasting leaderships begins with the inward journey to the soul.

Big thinking precedes great achievement.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.

The game will fade one day. I realize that success is one thing; impact is another. I live to impact people.

My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught me with such villainous success that I am now Prime Minister.

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

Mentorship is the key to extraordinary success.

True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.

Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success.