The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.
A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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