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Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.
Sep 29, 2025
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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.
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
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.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure.
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
When nothing is sure, everything is possible.
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.
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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