“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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“The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
“I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.”
“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
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
Source: The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
Source: Motivation Lombardi Style
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
Source: Chronicles of the Cross Collection
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
“Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.”
“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.”
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”
“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.”
Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats
“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
Source: Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952
“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
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
Source: Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr
“It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”