Quotes about Leadership
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
- Stephen Covey
You can't be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.
- Jon Gordon
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
- Mark Twain
People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.
- John Maxwell
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
Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
- John Maxwell
It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
- Vince Lombardi
Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.
- Frank Herbert
If you own a butcher shop, don't hire vegetarians. To hire the right people, you have to let the wrong people go.
- Robert Kiyosaki
Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.
- John Maxwell
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers.
- Max De Pree
Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.
- Andy Andrews