Powerful Quotes

From Great Leader

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. - George S. Patton

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. - Theodore M. Hesburgh

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. - Woodrow Wilson

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out and meet it. Thucydides

A good leader takes a little more share of the blame, a little less than his share of credit. - Arnold Glasow

Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - John D. Rockefeller

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. - Joan of Arc

Leading is a lot more than just telling people what to do and how to get it done. A leader should be on the front lines leading through example. A leader should "walk the talk" or, in other words, follow their own advice on how to get things done. Additionally, a leader should aim high - both in setting goals and achieving them.

A leader should listen and learn from everyone - that includes other leaders and, perhaps more importantly, the people whom he leads.

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy. - Miyamoto Musashi

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