There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Robert Half
Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life
Oscar Wilde
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Thomas Paine
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
Warren Bennis
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another
Benjamin Jowett
The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they eventually surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.
Fred A. Manske, Jr.
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.
Mary Lou Retton
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.
Andre Gide
Those who lead disciplined and orderly lifestyles they achieve all their goals and progress.
Yajur Veda