My selection of the Top 10 Leadership Quotes
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
~John Maxwell
Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
~Winston Churchill
A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough.
~Ronald Reagan
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
~Kenneth Blanchard
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
~Andrew Carnegie
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
~Vince Lombardi
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
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
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
~George S. Patton
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
~Dwight Eisenhower