A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
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 four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
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