It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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.
Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.
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.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
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.
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership.
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.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.