Leadership Quotations And Sayings

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“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but “we” gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say ‘I’. And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I’. They don’t think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”
– Peter F. Drucker

“If there were only success in your life, you would not learn anything. Leadership is experience and you are still young. You still have much to learn about our people and war; it should not come easy to you. If it did, you would be robbed of life’s most valuable teacher.”
– Rachel Higginson

“Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it’s cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government. ”
– Ralph Moody

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was.”
– Ray Bradbury

“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity”
– Reed Markham

“A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.”
– Rick Riordan

“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson

“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs”
– Robert Townsend

“Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way”
– Ronald Reagan

“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.”
– Ronald Reagan

“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
– Rosa Parks

“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.”
– Rosalynn Carter

“A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.”
– Sam Houston

“Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are magnetically drawn to them. They are most often very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. … They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent.”
– Sanaya Roman

“Women feel a need for a certain level of prior training and experience that men do not necessarily demand in order to jump into a new role. There’s a need for women to trust themselves more…”
– Selena Rezvani

“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”
– Seth Godin

“True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.”
– Sheri L. Dew

“Imagine a place where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude every day.”
– Stephen C. Lundin

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”
– Stephen R. Covey

“You have to be burning with “an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right.” If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.”
– Steve Jobs

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
– Steve Jobs

“It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others.”
– Steve Maraboli

“When you’re existing, life happens to you, and you manage; when you’re living, you happen to life and you lead.”
– Steve Maraboli

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