You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
- Hubert H. Humphrey

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
- John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, The Age of Uncertainty

The real leader has no need to lead—he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. . . . The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
- Theodore Roosevelt

A leader's dynamic does not come from special powers. It comes from a strong belief in a purpose and a willingness to express that conviction.
- Kouzes & Posner

People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
- H. Ross Perot

Trust is a risk game. The leader must ante up first.
- Irwin Federman, CEO Monolithic Memories

You can only lead others where you yourself are willing to go.
- Lachlan McLean

Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect.
- Irwin Federman, CEO Monolithic Memories

Inspired leaders move a business beyond problems into opportunities.
- Dr. Abraham Zaleznik

Leadership happens at every level of the organization and no one can shirk from this responsibility.
- Jerry Junkins

Nothing is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.
- James Kent

Coaching isn't an addition to a leader's job, it's an integral part of it.
- George S. Odiorne

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.
- Deng Ming-Dao

No one enjoys addressing others' deficiencies. But failure to do so sends the message that people are on track when they really aren't. And that may be the greatest disservice a leader can do to someone else.
- Eric Harvey

Little value comes out of the belief that people will respond progressively better by treating them progressively worse.
- Eric Harvey

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
- Margaret Thatcher

Truly great leaders spend as much time collecting and acting upon feedback as they do providing it.
- Alexander Lucia

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he/she wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
- Theodore Roosevelt

If leaders are careless about basic things - telling the truth, respecting moral codes, proper professional conduct - who can believe them on other issues?
- James L Hayes

A loyal constituency is won when people ... judge the leader to be capable of solving their problems and meeting their needs.
- John Gardner

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
- Ken Blanchard

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and actions.
- Harold Geneen

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
- Lao Tzu, 6th Century BCE

Leadership flows from the minds of followers more than from the titles of leaders, more from the perception of willing followers than from anointment.
- Lane Secretan

The motivating team leader is that one person with a dream for the future.
- Dr. Losoncy

Managers control. Leaders create commitment.
- John Zenger

If he works for you, you work for him.
- Japanese proverb

If you really want people to respond to your leadership, you have to have a personal relationship with them. they need to know you're dependable and that you'll be there if they have a problem. That's personal power to me.
- Noreen Haffner

If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- Frank C. Ross

The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say "We did it ourselves."
- Zen