Leadership Quotes

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