To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
James Thomas
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
General Colin Powell
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Jack Welch
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the conviction and the will to carry on.
Walter Lippman
As leaders shift their focus to customers and quality, they realize that the old authoritarian leadership style does not work anymore. To achieve quality, service, and rapid response, leaders must utilize all available talent. They must find ways to inspire, involve, and empower employees. They must create a work environment that encourages commitment, innovation, and cooperation. Instead of evaluating, leaders now coach. Instead of doing, they delegate. Instead of telling, they facilitate. No one is expected to boss anyone. Everyone is expected to participate.
Dr. Suzanne Willis Zoglio
The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve the leader, but the number of people served by the leader.
John C. Maxwell.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
Andrew Carnegie
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
Goethe
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Vince Lombardi