SOME LEADERSHIP SAYINGS!

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

• Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. —Publilius Syrus

• Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. —Peter Drucker

•  A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. —Johann Goethe

• 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

• Leadership is influence. —John C. Maxwell

• You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. —Ken Kesey

• Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. —Harry S. Truman

• When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. —Napoleon Bonaparte

• The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. —Kenneth Blanchard

• People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. —John Maxwell

• So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. —Peter Drucker

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

• 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. — Theodore Hesburgh

• A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. —Douglas MacArthur

• A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. —Polybius

•  A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. —Rosalynn Carter

• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. —Jim Rohn

• Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton