Leadership Quotes

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The Pope? How many divisions has he got?
Joseph Stalin

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
J. G. Holland

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
General George S. Patton

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

I've been riding on Cloud Nine since the election, and I don't think I'll ever come down. Today, everything is complete.
Jackie Robinson

In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.
Lewis Black

My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
Che Guevara

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.
Chinua Achebe

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

We've got four seniors this year who are giving us some good leadership. We lost three, but we gained four. And we've got some younger players who are hitting the ball just as well as anybody.
Elizabeth Blackwell

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.
Margaret Atwood

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

His accuracy, leadership skills and the way he manages a football game.
Joe Theismann

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.
Tom Brokaw

The fact is that Congressman Blunt has a senior leadership position in the Congress of the United States, and that can only be good for Missouri.
John Hancock

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

Basically, the chamber and the economic development office shared a leadership position when Eric Davis was president, and in doing so they also shared in the cost of that position.
Dean Stanley

Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel

Coach Pittman is a good coach, and he'll be a good head coach wherever he goes. But we're happy to have him around a little longer.
Mike White

He's a leader by example. He's not real verbal but he plays hard. He's always where he is supposed to be. He always does what I ask him to do. And when he does that, the other guys follow him. He knows the team is watching, so he always gives everything his best.

That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.
David Blunkett

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
Diana Ross

The farewell between Hitler and Mussolini at the station was very affectionate. Both men were moved.