The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Do not follow where the path may lead.
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.
Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
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