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Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Sep 29, 2025
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.
Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
What you can't enforce, do not command.
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
I can't give you the sunset, but I can give you the night.
The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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.
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don't fall in line with people who don't respect us and who we don't believe have our best interests at heart. We are willing to follow leaders, but only to the extent that we believe they call on our best, not our worst.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.