“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.”
Source: The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success
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“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”
“Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.”
“That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.”
Source: The Art and Adventure of Leadership: Understanding Failure, Resilience and Success
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
Source: Chronicles of the Cross Collection
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
Source: Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays
“It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”
“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
Source: Dave Barry Turns 50
“Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.”
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.”
“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!”
“I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.”
Source: War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943
“The only real training for leadership is leadership.”
Source: Management and Machiavelli: discovering a new science of management in the timeless principles of statecraft