Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
Power isn't control at all--power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn't someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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.
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.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see and who sees before others see.
Leadership is an action, not a position.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.