Sunday 30 April 2017

Leadership Sayings and Quotes



A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair.

Iranian (on leadership)





A great one must have a long heart.    

Ethiopian (on leadership)





A ruler must sometimes humor as well as command.    

unknown





An army of a thousand is easy to find but ah how difficult to find a general.    

Chinese Proverb>





Even the largest army is nothing without a good general.

Afghan (on leadership)





Great chiefs prove their worthiness.    

Seneca Proverb





He that cannot obey, cannot command.    

Ben Franklin (1706-1790)





He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.    

George Eliot (1819-1880)






If the townspeople are happy, look to the chief.    

Liberian (on leadership)





If you can't serve, you can't rule.    

Bulgarian (on leadership)





In the country of the blind, the one

man is king. - Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)





Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.    

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)





One man can make a difference.    

unknown





Take the bull by the horns.    

North American Saying





The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.    

Ben Franklin (1706-1790)





The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.    

William Ross Wallace (1819-1881)





The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.    

John Wycliffe (c.1320-1384) alternate source:Belizean (on leadership)





The master of the people is their servant.

Yemeni (on leadership)





Whatever the boss says goes.    

unknown





When money speaks, truth keeps silent.    

Russian (on money)





When we think we lead, we are most led.    

Henry James Byron (1834-1884)





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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams





To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Eleanor Roosevelt






The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Ronald Reagan





Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

General Douglas MacArthur





Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

George Patton





Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.    

Dwight D. Eisenhower





Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.    

Albert Schweiter





You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership.    

Dwight Eisenhower





Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

John C. Maxwell




No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.    

Andrew Carnegie





A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Max Lucado





To lead people, walk behind them.

Lao Tzu





Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Publilus Syrus





Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Warren Bennis





Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another.    

John F. Kennedy





Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Steve Jobs






Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Henry Ford





The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.    

Ray Kroc





Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Thomas Pane





It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Adlai Stevenson II





Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson





A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

Brandon Sanderson





He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

Aristotle






If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.

Henry David Thoreau





Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Harold McAlindon





Learn to see things backwards, inside out, and upside down.    

John Heider





The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.    

Tony Blair





Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.    

Woodrow Wilson





The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

John Buchan

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