Leaders aren't born they are made.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
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.
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
What you can't enforce, do not command.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.
A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
Good leaders must first become good servants.
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