Quotes About Leadership

Everyone has influence. Use it wisely.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice

Those with visible responsibility for leadership are nearly always too visible to take responsibility for change.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.

Leadership is an active, living process. It is rooted in character, forged by experience, and communicated by example.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.

We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)

Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.

In the end, leadership is not intellectual or cognitive. Leadership is emotional.