The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
Woodrow Wilson – Leadership, Listening
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil – the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
William George Jordan – Listening, Character
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
William A. Ward – Leadership
Big thinking precedes great achievement
Wilfred Peterson – Thinking
Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
Warren Bennis – Leadership
We, the Black masses, don’t want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us today as Black Leaders representing the welfare of Black people. We won’t follow any leader today who comes on the basis of political party. Both parties (Democrat and Republican) are controlled by the same people who have abused our rights, and who have deceived us with false promises every time an election rolls around.
Malcolm X – Leadership, Politics
One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.
Dennis A. Peer – Leadership
Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.
Tom Peters – Leadership
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal
Vincent Lombardi – Leadership
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
John Updike – Leadership
Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.
Alexis de Tocqueville on Leadership
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
Peter F. Drucker on Leadership
Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.
Louis XIV on Leadership
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.
Alistair Cooke on Leadership
Smart leaders believe only half of what they hear. Discerning leaders know which have to believe.
