Leading Quotes

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Lao Tzu

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Yiddish Proverb

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

Yitzhak Rabin

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

Frank Howard Clark

The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way

Henry Miller

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness

John Sterling

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.

Rosalynn Carter

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore M. Hesburgh

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Tony Blair

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

Miyamoto Mursashi

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Napoleon Bonapart

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

John C. Maxwell

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Blaine Lee

A leader is most effective when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, his troops will feel they did it themselves.

Lao Tzu

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Ghandhi