Leadership

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

A leader is best when people barely know he exists.

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

Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

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

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Earn your leadership every day.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

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

Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but by the presence of clear strengths.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.