Quotes About Leadership

Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don't think.

An overburdened, overstretched executive is the best executive, because he or she doesn't have the time to meddle, to deal in trivia, to bother people.

Ajamu Baraka is very inspirational.

If we take a survey of the greatest actions...in the world...we shall find the authors of them all to have been persons whose Brains had been shaken out of their natural position.

Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Often, the greatest challenge facing an organization is recognizing and acting on opportunity rather than solving a problem.

Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

You can't change t he wor ld f rom t he rear view mir ror.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans.

Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.

I would be the best of us, the highest of the lows.

Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd.

If you're gonna leave your mark, you can't follow a bunch of sheep, you gotta listen to your heart.

I am impressed with America's capacity for change, and their ability to bring someone as inspirational as Barack Obama into the White House.

If you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer.

Culture drives great results.