The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more

The very essence of leadership is [that] you 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.

Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends read more

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.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the read more

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do read more

Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will read more

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse read more

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves. Chinese proverb -Lao Tzu.

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.