Quotes about Leadership

Leadership is more than management. Leadership is: People more than projects. Movement more than maintenance. Art more than science. Intuition more than formula. Vision more than procedure. Risk more than caution. Action more than reaction. Relationships more than rules. Who you are more than what you do If you want to influence others, then you must learn to lead.

The question is not, "Will my calendar be full?" but "Who will fill my calendar?" If we are leaders of others, the question is not, "Will I see people?" but "Who will I see?"

Authors Carole Hyatt and Linda Gottlieb indicate that people who fail on the job commonly cite "office politics" as the reason for their failures, but the reality is that what they call politics is often nothing more than regular interaction with other people.

We should work on changing ourselves before trying to improve others. A great danger to good leadership is the temptation to try to change others without first making changes to yourself.

If you run well but are unable to pass the baton to another runner, you lose the race.

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Realize that the guys who criticize will minimize the guys whose enterprise rises above the guys who criticize and minimize.

How does one "catch' leadership? By watching good leaders in action!

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.

Character makes trust possible. And trust makes leadership possible. That is the Law of Solid Ground.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.