Leadership Quotes

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. Peter Drucker

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir)

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

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Harold S. Geneen

Character matters; leadership descends from character. Rush Limbaugh

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. Henry Miller

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere. Ronald Reagan

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey

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

Education is the mother of leadership. Wendell L. Willkie

There is nobody who cannot vastly improve his powers of leadership by a little thought and practice. General William Slim

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. Harvey S Firestone

Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on co-operation, not intimidation. William Arthur Ward

Leadership in today’s world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table. Hubert Humphrey

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. Lewis H Lapham

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. Ralph Nader

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Harry S Truman

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement on anything. Abraham Lincoln

An army of stags led by a lion is more formidable than an army of lions led by a stag. Plutarch

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Woodrow Wilson

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. Ross Perot

I wouldn’t make the slightest concession for moral leadership. It’s much overrated. Dean Rusk