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Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's go!" ~E.M. Kelly A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ~Mark Brouwer I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. ~Indira Gandhi A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care. ~Simon Sinek Management is the art of making problems so interesting that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. ~Paul Hawken Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~Rudy Giuliani A leader leads by example not by Force. ~Sun Tzu A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt He led his regiment from behind - He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O. ~W.S. Gilbert Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school? ~Henry Mintzberg Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. ~Author Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. ~Tony Blair There is a significant difference between a leader and a cheerleader. ~Author Unknown I praise loudly, I blame softly. ~Catherine the Great There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. ~G.K. Chesterton Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn" No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of his men. ~Author Unknown Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~Anne Bradstreet A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~Ralph Nader Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic One will weave the canvas; another will fell a tree by the light of his ax. Yet another will forge nails, and there will be others who observe the stars to learn how to navigate. And yet all will be as one. Building a boat isn't about weaving canvas, forging nails, or reading the sky. It's about giving a shared taste for the sea, by the light of which you will see nothing contradictory but rather a community of love. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle, 1948, translated from French [Thanks, Garson O'Toole! quoteinvestigator.com/2015/08/25/sea Management is nothing more than motivating other people. ~Lee Iacocca There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ~Alexandre Ledru-Rollin I am not a labor leader. I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out. ~Eugene V. Debs To lead the people, walk behind them. ~Lao-Tzu Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ~Eric Hoffer
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