Leadership Quotes

Leadership Quotes

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's go!"
~ E.M. Kelly

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.
~ Author Unknown

Leadership is action, not position.
~ Donald H. McGannon

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.
~ Gene Mauch

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.
~ Elaine Agather

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
~ Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
~ Albert Schweitzer

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
~ Robert Jarvik

You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Famous quotes by George S. Patton

Some of the very brave and inspiring sayings by U.S. General during World War II (also known as "America's Fightingest General") George S. Patton.

"If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results"

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable."

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body."

"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."

"Always do everything you ask of those you command."

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

"If a man does his best, what else is there?"

Famous and best leadership quotes

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

"Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."
~ Tacitus

"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances."
~ George Patton

"To be a leader means to be able to move masses."
~ Adolf Hitler

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that's assault, not leadership."
~ Dwight Eisenhower

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."
~ Henry Kissinger

"A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done."
~ Dwight Eisenhower

"A leader is a dealer in hope."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
~ Peter F. Drucker

"Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too."
~ Robert Half