What luck for rulers that men do not think.
- Adolf HitlerManagement is nothing more than motivating other people.
- Lee IacoccaSo much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
- Peter DruckerThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
- Casey StengelThe first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without `playing up` to anyone - even to himself.
- Aage DýýnhauptA competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
- John J. PershingA great leader`s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
- John MaxwellLeaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
- John MaxwellLeadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
- Andy KrikorianManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
- Australian ProverbPopularity is not leadership.
- Richard MarcinkoThe leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say `I`. And that`s not because they have trained themselves not to say `I`. They don`t think `I`. They think `we`; they think `team`. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don`t sidestep it, but `we` gets the credit.... This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
- Australian ProverbLeadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
- John F. KennedyWhen the solution is simple, God is answering.
- Albert EinsteinIf you want to build a ship, don`t drum up people together to collect wood and don`t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea
- Antoine de Saint-ExuperyI don`t know any other way to lead but by example.
- Don ShulaGood business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
- Jack WelchInnovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
- Steve JobsThose who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob
- Oscar WildeWhatever you are, be a good one.
- Abraham LincolnHe that cannot obey, cannot command.
- Benjamin FranklinEducation is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
- Robert FrostPeople ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
- Theodore RooseveltThe Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Kerry`s fellow crewmates -- the men I am honored to share the stage with -- are living testimony to his leadership, his courage under fire, and his willingness to risk his life for his fellow Americans. There is no greater act of patriotism than that.
- Max ClelandMany African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
- Kofi AnnanA sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
- Andy GatesA good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could
- Charles Erwin WilsonBe willing to make decisions. That`s the most important quality in a good leader.
- General George S. PattonThere is no peace among equals because equality doesn`t exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.
- Harold J. Duarte-BernhardtO` the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy - all that, and ten years of perseverance
- Hipponax the SatiristA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
- John C. MaxwellIn its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
- John J. SweeneyFail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, `We did this ourselves.`
- Lao TzuA leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
- Lao TzuSuccess is the progressive realization of worthwhile, predetermined, personal goals.
- Paul J. MeyerIf you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.
- Paul J. MeyerProductivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
- Paul J. MeyerEffective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
- Peter F. DruckerWhen the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
- PlatoMost people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? All you have to do is speak. Go give some away now.
- Rhoberta Shaler, PhDNone of the world`s problems will have a solution until the world`s individuals become thoroughly self-educated.
- Richard Buckminster FullerWhere are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
- Senator John KerryOur military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.
- Senator John KerryEffective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Stephen R. CoveyManagement is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
- Stephen R. CoveyIt is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.
- William Pollard