Leadership is action, not position
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Earn your leadership every day.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
Leaders grow; they are not made.
Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way'
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
When you're finished changing, you're finished.
To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
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