Quotation Library
Leadership
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Men make history and not the other way round.
I do not believe in taking the right decision; I take a decision and make it right.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.