
Leadership Quotes
September 5, 2010
The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss.
- Diane Ravitch
The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.
- Regis Debray
The real leader has no need to lead-he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller
The real leader has no need to lead-he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
- Montesquieu
The task of a leader is always to weigh up the circumstances, to make decisions and to give orders and then, once the action has been launched, to reassess from time to time the system of the means at his disposal, which (is) continually being modified by circumstances.
- Charles De Gaulle
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
- John Buchan
The trouble with being a leader today is that you can't be sure whether people are following you or chasing you.
- Unknown
The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leader in the people.
- Paulo Freire
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.
- James MacGregor Burns