Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Manual read more
Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Manual on military leadership -Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned read more
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.
Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.
Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.
Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others.
And when we think we lead, we are most led.
And when we think we lead, we are most led.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
