20 Inspirational Leadership Quotes - Part 2

20 Inspirational Leadership Quotes - Part 2

1

A leader has been defined as one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Anon

2

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.

Warren Bennis

3

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Warren Bennis

4

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

Harvey S. Firestone

5

Leadership is something you earn, something you’re chosen for. You can’t come in yelling, ‘I’m your leader!’ If it happens, it’s because the other guys respect you.

Ben Roethlisberger

6

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Brian Tracy

7

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

General Montgomery

8

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader

9

You don't lead by pointing and telling people someplace to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

Ken Kesey

10

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Tony Blair

11

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Reverend Theodore Hesburgh

12

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

13

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Jim Rohn

14

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.

John C. Maxwell

15

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Arnold Glasow

16

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.

Peter F. Drucker

17

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

John Zenger

18

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

Simon Sinek

19

Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

George Patton

20

Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.

Ross Perot