Quotes about leadership

"Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance."

Walters, J. Donald on leadership
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"Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."

Walton, Sam on leadership   

"When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king."

Wanamaker, John on leadership   

"Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development."

Ward, Ted on leadership
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"Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate."

Ward, William A. on leadership
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"The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders -- people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead."

Welch, John on leadership   

"Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs."

Will, George F. on leadership   

"Education is the mother of leadership."

Willkie, Wendell L. on leadership
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"No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on leadership   

"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved."

Wolfe, Thomas on leadership   

"Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on leadership   

"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."

Depree, Max on leadership
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"To be a leader sometimes you have to follow the footsteps of other leaders. Follow the leaders and you too can lead followers."

Jvongard on leadership   

"Every endeavor, large or small, rises and falls on leadership."

Fry, Jeffrey on leadership