A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his ai

m fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Lao Tzu

Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Benjamin Disraeli
You manage things; you lead people. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say th
ank you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max DePree
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren Bennis
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. General George Patton
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become
a leader, success is all about growing others. Jack Welch
A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte
You dont need a title to be a leader. Multiple Attributions
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John Maxwell
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men
and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. Genera
l Montgomery
Leadership is lifting a persons vision to high sights, the raising of a persons pe
rformance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal
limitations. Peter Drucker
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change worl
d. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping thei
r ears to the ground. Sir Winston Churchill
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a gene
tic factor to leadership. Thats nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders
are made rather than born. Warren Bennis
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. Andre Malraux
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Aristotle
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had
no title or position. Brian Tracy
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more lead
ers, not more followers. Ralph Nader
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is
defined by results not attributes. Peter Drucker
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. Johann
Wolfgang Von Goethe
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what h
e wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while th
ey do it. Theodore Roosevelt
Leadership is influence. John C. Maxwell
You dont lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going
to that place and making a case. Ken Kesey
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it
out. Napoleon Bonaparte
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no lead
ership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders
seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S. Truman
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. John Maxwell
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to
work. Peter Drucker
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. T
ony Blair
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. Its got to be a
vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You cant blow an
uncertain trumpet. Reverend Theodore Hesburgh
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanc
hard
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is i

mpossible. Polybius
A great leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. Jo
hn Maxwell
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where t
hey dont necessarily want to go, but ought to be. Rosalynn Carter
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak
; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid;
be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. Jim Rohn
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their person
nel. If people believe in themselves, its amazing what they can accomplish. Sam Wa
lton
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decis
ions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out t
o be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity
of his intent. Douglas MacArthur
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Ovid
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all th
e credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done beca
use he wants to do it. General Dwight Eisenhower
The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the v
isionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the p
roblems. Brian Tracy
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. Max Lucado
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity. General George Patton
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others
. Bill Gates
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willi
ngness 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
Do what you feel in your heart to be rightfor youll be criticized anyway. Eleanor R
oosevelt

Dont necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership
. Donald Rumsfeld
Education is the mother of leadership. Wendell Willkie
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is disc
ipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument,
debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. General Colin Po
well
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the pres
ence of clear strengths. John Zenger
He who has great power should use it lightly. Seneca
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. Solon
I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic fol
lowership can be. Warren Bennis
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for fa
ilure, which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert Swope
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
Maya Angelou
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write
things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. Benjamin Franklin
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become mor
e, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like
a rock. Thomas Jefferson
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. Latin Prover
b
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you
celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is
danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela
Lead and inspire people. Dont try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories ca
n be managed but people must be lead. Ross Perot
Leaders arent born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, thr
ough hard work. And thats the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any
goal. Vince Lombardi
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motiva
te them. John C. Maxwell
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral cha
llenge of the day. Jesse Jackson
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Woodrow Wilson
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be
without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problem
s is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence tha
t you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leaders
hip. Colin Powell
Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. Erskine Bowles
Leadership is unlocking peoples potential to become better. Bill Bradley
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enh
ancing. Tom Peters
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determine
s whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey
Never give an order that cant be obeyed. General Douglas MacArthur
No man is good enough to govern another man without that others consent. Abraham L
incoln
What you do has far greater impact than what you say. Stephen Covey
Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. Ch
inese Proverb
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it b
ecomes an emergency. Arnold Glasow
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men, the convic
tion and the will to carry on. Walter Lippman
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision
. Ken Blanchard
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. Harvey
Firestone
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. F
riedrich Nietzsche
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have
to be obsessed in some way. Pat Riley
True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is
performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it wel
l. Bill Owens
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been
about popularity. Marco Rubio
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you reall
y stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. E
leanor Roosevelt
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the cont
rary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. John J Pershing
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame an

d a little less than his share of the credit. John Maxwell

There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. Fuchan Y
uan
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground
for leadership, but raising children isnt. Dee Dee Myers
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. Stephen King
My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of
the jersey, not the one on the back. Unknown
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next w
eek. George Patton
The supreme quality of leadership is integrity. Dwight Eisenhower
You dont lead by hitting people over the headthats assault, not leadership. Dwight E
isenhower
Earn your leadership every day. Michael Jordan
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Amos Bronson Alcott
To select well among old things, is almost equal to inventing new ones. Nicholas
Charles Trublet
I have gathered a posie of other men s flowers, and nothing but the thread that
binds them is my own.
Michel de Montaigne

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
William R. Alger
open journal with pen
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men s stuff. - Sir Henry Wotto
n
Stealing someone else s words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your
own.
Peter Anderson

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Sophocles
It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book
.
Vicesimus Knox
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gem
s.
William B. Sprague
Brevity is the soul of wit.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Good sayings are like pearls strung together.
Chinese Proverb
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.
Arabic Proverb
Better one line that will survive the author than a hundred books outlived.
Anonymous
Proverbs are the cream of a nation s thought.

Unknown
There is not less wit, not less invention, in applying rightly a thought one fin
ds in a book, than in being the first author of that book.
Pierre Boyle
A proverb is much matter decocted into few words.
Thomas Fuller
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth
. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory,
they nourish the will.
Joseph Joubert
Why aren t more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great bo
oks aren t within everybody s reach.
S. T. Coleridge

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quote
d by other learned authors.
Benjamin Franklin
It is delightful to transport one s self into the spirit of the past, to see how
a wise man has thought before us, and to what glorious height we have at last r
eached.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Know the great men of your age.

Baltasar Gracin
A thing is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learned.
Seneca
Time is of of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when t
hey first passed through their authors minds ages ago.
Samuel Smiles

The diamond may adorn royalty, regardless of personal worth; but jewels of thoug
ht render even poverty illustrious and sublime.
Gems for the Fireside
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.
Joseph Joubert
There is only one categorical imperative: Act only according to that maxim by wh
ich you can at the same time will that it should become universal law.
Immanuel Kant
A proverb is much light condensed in one flash.
Simmons
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Charles H. Parkhurst
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as
in being the author of it.
St. Evremond
Few maxims are true from every point of view.
Marquis de Lac de Clapiers Vauvenargue

A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ag

es; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.
Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Sir J. Mackintosh
A proverb is a wise saying, old yet radiant with novelty.
Erasmus
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind, than in the one wher
e they sprung up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book
of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apotheg
ms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach
your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of j
ewels for your housebold.
Tryon Edwards

Just know, when you truly want success, youll never give up on it. No matter how b
ad the situation may get. - Unknown

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where y
ou want to go, no one else. Les Brown

I dont regret the things Ive done, I regret the things I didnt do when I had the cha
nce. Unknown

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life
meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine

Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder
to give up when you know its everything you want. Unknown

One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you
know you should do, even when you dont feel like doing it. - Unknown

Good things come to those who wait greater things come to those who get off their
ass and do anything to make it happen. - Unknown

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual expe

rience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. - Denis Waitley

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of
failure. Bill Cosby

Go where you are celebrated not tolerated. If they cant see the real value of you,
its time for a new start. Unknown

Dont be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alo
ne.. - Unknown

The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra

Forget all the reasons it wont work and believe the one reason that it will. - Unkn
own

I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them Im doing it
myself. Albert Einstein

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet,
keep looking. Dont settle. Steve Jobs

Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awf
ul, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it. Unknown

When you say Its hard, it actually means Im not strong enough to fight for it. Stop sa
ing its hard. Think positive! - Unknown

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. - Unknown

Dont worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you dont even try.
Jack Canfield

The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge en
countered there is opportunity for growth. - Unknown

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. Farrah Gray

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the
belief that it is actually possible. Joel Brown

Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone
see how awesome you are if you cant see it yourself? Unknown

We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.. Some lessons are
painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless. - Unknown

Being happy doesnt mean that everything is perfect. it means that youve decided to
look beyond the imperfections. - Unknown

Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are
what happen when you dont have a plan. Larry Winget

Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after its said, the MOMENT after
its missed and the TIME after its gone. Be Careful! Unknown

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now a
nd make a brand new ending. Carl Bard

When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to sa
y. - Unknown

Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOU happy. - Unknown

Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy. Life is too short
to put up with fools. Unknown

Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you ca
n. Always remember, what goes around, comes around Unknwon

Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than w
hat you have. Unknown

The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at
all. Unknown

Life has two rules: #1 Never quit #2 Always remember rule # 1. - Unknown

No one is going to hand me success. I must go out & get it myself. Thats why Im her
e. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself. - Unknown