Quotes for Leadership

Benchmarking is an ongoing exercise in any company that aspires for leadership.

Anand Mahindra

Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.

Travis Bradberry

Leadership is influence.

John C. Maxwell

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

Vicente Fox

Be the chief but never the lord.

Lao Tzu

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

Ibrahim Babangida

Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.

Daisaku Ikeda

I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give.

Malala Yousafzai

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

Andy Dunn

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Henry Cloud

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

Bryant H. McGill

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Douglas MacArthur

Leadership is a matter of how to be - not how to do it.

Frances Hesselbein

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ -a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’.

E. M. Kelly

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home.

Sherrod Brown

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

Bo Bennett

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

John C. Maxwell

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Eleanor Roosevelt